Wake Up Hip-Hop, Christianity, and the Black Church

Name: Wake Up Hip-Hop, Christianity, and the Black Church
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ISBN: 9781426703010

ISBN-10: 1426703015

ISBN-13: 9781426703010

Edition: 2011

Authors: Marlon F. Hall, Cheryl Kirk-Duggan

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First an expression of black urban youth, Hip Hop music continues to expand as a cultural expression of youth and, now, young adults more generally.#xC2;#xA0; As a cultural phenomenon, it has even become integral to the worship experience of a growing number of churches who are reaching out to these groups. This includes not just African American churches but churches of all ethnic groups. Once seen as advocating violence, Hip Hop can be the Church#xE2;#xAC;"s agent of salvation and praise to transform society and reach youth and young adults in greater numbers. After looking at Hip Hop#xE2;#xAC;"s socio-historical context including its African roots, Wake Up shows how Hip Hop has come to…

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List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication date: 6/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.80" wide x 8.80" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Marlon F. Hall is the Cultural Architect for The Awakenings Movement, where he challenges ordinary people to live extraordinary lives through the power and love of Christ. Marlon has a joint degree from Fisk and Vanderbilt Universities in Anthropology and Political Science.

She is Director of the Center for Women and Religion at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.



Preface: It's Bigger Than Hip Hop


Acknowledgments



I'm Bound to Wreck Your Body and Say Turn the Party Out: Physical Bodies and Embodiment



Hip Hop Is Dead: Musical Characteristics



I Used to Love Her: God, Hip Hop, and Spirituality



G.O.D. (Gaining One's Definition): Black Church and Black Culture



Put Down the Pimp Stick to Pick Up the Pulpit: The Impact of Hip Hop on the Black Church



Jesus Walks: Youth, the Church, and the Need for Transformation


Epilogue


Notes