Theology and protest music / edited by Jonathan H. Harwell, Heidi M. Altman ; foreword by Jason C. Bivins.

"This interfaith collection of essays on theology in diverse genres of protest music examines Habakkuk, Brazilian eschatology, Black liberation, esoteric Islam in rap, heavy metal as anti-theology, Howard Thurman's relevance to jazz, Santería drumming, Jay-Z, Funkadelic, Marvin Gaye, Sweet Honey in...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Theology, religion, and pop culture.
Other Authors: Harwell, Jonathan H., 1972- (Editor)
Altman, Heidi M., 1965- (Editor)
Bivins, Jason (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, [2023]
Series:Theology, religion, and pop culture.
Subjects:
Protest songs > History and criticism.
Music > Religious aspects.
Music > Political aspects.
Theology.
Protest songs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:xiv, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • How Long? : Habakkuk the Prophet as Proto-Protest Singer / Andrew Zack Lewis
  • Already and Not Yet : Eschatology in Brazilian Protest Songs (1960s-1990s) / Joêzer de Souza Mendonça and Allan Macedo de Novaes
  • From "We Shall Overcome" to "We Gon' Be Alright" : How Social Movement Styles Influence Black Liberation Protest Music / Shaonta' E. Allen
  • A Continuing Call from the Voice in the Wilderness : Jay-Z's "Spiritual" / Rev. Santarvis Brown and Brent Swanson
  • From Ghetto to Gods, from Protest to Priest : The (Pro)creative Transformation of Self in Five Percenter Rap and Its Analogies to Sapiental Traditions in Islamic Theology / Martin Abdel Matin Gansinger
  • Wholeness and Hoeness : The Protest for Black Women's Sexual Liberation / Ristina Gooden
  • "To Rise Beyond Jesus" : Heavy Metal as Anti-Theological Protest / Jackson T. Reinhardt
  • Howard Thurman and the Meaning of Jazz / Daryl Russell Grigsby
  • Conjuring in the Concert Hall : Pedrito Martínez's Batá Drumming in Wynton Marsalis's Ochas Concert / Hannah Marie Junco
  • Free Your Mind : Funkadelic and the Nitty-Gritty Hermeneutic / Kyle E. Brooks
  • "Mother, Mother..." : Contemplating Wounds with Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, Fifty Years Later / Carrie Rehak
  • Singing the Stories of Our Lives : Protest and Praise / Catherine Roma
  • Epilogue: The Values of Sankofa : Sacred Songs to Restore Community / Catherine Roma with Ysaye Maria Bamwell.