Networking the Black church : digital Black Christians and hip hop / Erika D. Gault. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gault, Erika, author.

Series:

Religion and social transformation.

NYU scholarship online.

Religion and social transformation

NYU scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American churches--History.

African American churches.

African Americans--Religion.

African Americans.

Hip-hop--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Hip-hop.

Technology--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Technology.

Digital media--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Digital media.

United States--Church history.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Young Black adults represent the future of African American religiosity, yet little is known regarding their religious lives beyond the Black Church. 'Networking the Black Church' explores how deeply embedded digital technology is in the lives of young Black Christians, offering a first-of-its-kind digital-hip hop ethnography. Erika D. Gault argues that a new religious ethos has emerged among young adult Blacks in America.

Contents:

Preface: My life as a digital Black Christian: an autoethnography

Introduction: Performing: Black Christianity in the digital

Turns: the story of Lecrae Devaughn Moore

Race: the story of propaganda and Joseph

Body: the story of Jackie

Work: the story of Natalie and Beleaf

Church: the story of Jamaica West

Epilogue: Generations "birthed in flickering lights".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 9, 2022).

Also issued in print: 2022.

ISBN:

1-4798-0583-1

9781479805839

9781479805860

1479805823

OCLC:

1287132675