The hip-hop church :connecting with the movement shaping our culture /Efrem Smith and Phil Jackson.

Name/Title

The hip-hop church :connecting with the movement shaping our culture /Efrem Smith and Phil Jackson.

Description

Hip-hop and the church-opposition or opportunity? -- Part I: Why should the church care about hip-hop? -- Church and hip-hop -- Part II: Understanding the hip-hop culture -- What is hip-hop? -- Blues and Negro spirituals, the parents of hip-hop -- Hip-hop as postmodern culture -- Hip-hop theology -- Part III: Bringing hip-hop into your church -- Holy hip-hop -- The emcee and the preacher -- The deejay and the worship leader -- Bringing hip-hop into your worship service -- Starting a hip-hop church -- Conclusion: church and hip-hop, you don't stop. 227 pages :illustrations ;21 cm

Book Details

Author

Smith, Efrem

Place Published

City

Downers Grove, Ill.

Publication Subjects

African Americans--Religious life. Hip-hop--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Call No.

BR563.N4S5735 2005

ISBN

0830833293, 9780830833290

LCCN

2005021331

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [222]-227). Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier Media type: unmediatednrdamedia Date: [2005] Publication Info: {copy}2005