39 records matched your query       

Author:

CERCL Writing Collective.

Title:

Breaking bread, breaking beats : churches and hip-hop : a basic guide to key issues / the CERCL Writing Collective.

Publisher:

Fortress Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xv, 253 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

African American churches.
Hip-hop--Influence.
Hip-hop--Christianity.--Christianity.
African Americans--Religion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-243) and index.

Contents:

Moments in the history of Black churches and hip-hop -- Black churches, hip-hop, and the body -- Black churches, hip-hop, race, and ethnicity -- Black churches, hip-hop, and poverty -- Black churches, hip-hop, and gender -- Black churches, hip-hop, and sexuality -- Black churches, hip-hop, and ethics -- Black churches, hip-hop, and globalization -- A relationship between Black churches and hip hop? -- The cipher.

Summary:

In this innovative project, ten individuals write as one voice to illuminate the ways that Hip-Hop and the Black Church agree, disagree, and inform each other on key topics. This book grows out of the popular religion and Hip-Hop course offered at Rice University by Dr. Anthony Pinn and Bernard 'Bun B' Freeman. Like the course, the book offers engaging insights into one of the most important musical genres and reflects on its broad cultural impact.

ISBN:

9780800699260 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0800699262 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)