Dance to my ministry: exploring Hip-Hop spirituality
"Hip-hop is a deeply spiritual cultural, a culture that since its beginnings has provided urban youth all over the world with a sense of place, being and direction, with knowledge of self and knowledge of cultural heritage. By examining a number of rap tunes and graffiti walls, Carl Petter Opsa...
| Published in: | Research in contemporary religion |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Göttingen Bristol, CT, U.S.A.
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
[2016]
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| In: |
Research in contemporary religion (volume 19)
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| Series/Journal: | Research in contemporary religion
volume 19 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hip-hop
/ Spirituality
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Hip-hop
Religious aspects
Christianity
B Rap (Music) Religious aspects Christianity B Thesis |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Electronic Reproduction: 9783666604546 Electronic Reproduction: 9783647604541 |
| Summary: | "Hip-hop is a deeply spiritual cultural, a culture that since its beginnings has provided urban youth all over the world with a sense of place, being and direction, with knowledge of self and knowledge of cultural heritage. By examining a number of rap tunes and graffiti walls, Carl Petter Opsahl explores different spiritualities and religious traditions informing hip-hop culture, including, Christianity, Nation of Islam, Nation of Gods and Earths and indigenous spiritualities. By developing a theoretical framework of hybrid spirituality, Opsahl outlines spiritual strategies of survival and resistance in contexts of oppression and struggle Microphone check: introduction -- Peace, unity, love, and having fun: exploring spirituality in a hip-hop context -- Black God: Nation of Islam and Nation of Gods and Earths -- Walls of memory: graffiti as shared memory -- Black Jesuz: rap and Christianity -- Allah U Akbar: rap and Islam -- Remix |
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| ISBN: | 3525604548 |