| Protest and Praise Contributor(s): Spencer, Jon Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0800624041 ISBN-13: 9780800624040 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Religious - Christian - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - General |
| Dewey: 781.710 |
| LCCN: 89023573 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.49" W x 8.45" (0.80 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Here is a skillful tracing of two tracks in the evolution of musical genres that have evolved from black religion. Songs of protest developed from the spiritual through social-gospel hymnody to culminate in songs of the civil-rights movement and the blues. Born in rebellion, they envision the Kingdom of God. Songs of praise, by contrast, express adoration. Beginning with the ring-shout, Spencer follows the history of intoned declamation through the tongue song, Holiness-Pentecostal music, and the chanted sermon of the black preacher. Spencer's approach, termed theomusicology, unlocks the wealth of African-American sacred music with a theological key. The result is a fascinating account of a people's struggle with God in history. |