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The golden band : African American spirituals and the hermeneutics of world / Asante U. Todd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Todd, Asante, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public theology.
- African Americans--Religion.
- African Americans.
- Spirituals (Songs)--History and criticism.
- Spirituals (Songs).
- Ethnomusicology.
- ethnomusicology.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 205 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2025.
- Summary:
- "An African American public theology that uses the religious as well as the musical compositional features of the Spirituals to critique the cultural logic of sovereignty"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: On the spirituals, prophecy, and theomusicology
- Part one: The cultural logic of sovereignty and the theological hermeneutics of world. African American religious and cultural criticism
- The global leviathan appears
- The sense of another world
- Part tow: African American religious thought. Mind, body and spirit
- Covenant, law, and the sound of jazz
- Part three: The spirituals. Ring shout to Heaven, call and response
- Nature, spirit, and song
- De Lord is per-wide, Rock o'my soul, and Holy-Ghost the pilot
- Roll, Jordan, roll.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780802885142
- 0802885144
- OCLC:
- 1500402542
- Publisher Number:
- 90102196023
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