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Theology and protest music / edited by Jonathan H. Harwell, Heidi M. Altman ; foreword by Jason C. Bivins.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Theology, religion, and pop culture.
- Theology, religion, and pop culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Protest songs--History and criticism.
- Protest songs.
- Music--Religious aspects.
- Music.
- Music--Political aspects.
- Theology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (361 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, [2023]
- Summary:
- 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 the Rock, and the social justice chorale movement.
- Contents:
- How Long? Habakkuk the Prophet as Proto-Protest Singer
- Andrew Zack Lewis
- Already and Not Yet : Eschatology in Brazilian Protest Songs (1960s-1990s)
- Joe^zer de Souza Mendonc¸a 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 Martinez's Bata´ Drumming in Wynton Marsalis' 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Altman, Heidi M. Theology and Protest Music
- ISBN:
- 9781978713451
- 1-9787-1345-2
- OCLC:
- 1374425428
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