| Series |
Black sacred music, 1043-9455 ; v. 6, no. 1
Black sacred music ; v. 6, no. 1. ^A396824
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| Contents |
The ethos of the blues / Larry Neal -- From black to blues / Dwight D. Andrews -- The blues as a secular religion / Rod Gruver -- The blues: a secular spiritual / James H. Cone -- The mythology of the blues / Jon Michael Spencer -- New world a'comin': religious perspectives on the legacy of Duke Ellington / Mark Sumner Harvey -- Some memories of Duke Ellington's premier sacred jazz concert / Eloise McKinney-Johnson -- From the heart: a reflection on the essence of jazz / Mtumishi St. Julien -- Howling with the wolves: Paul Winter's earth jazz / Jay McDaniel -- On jazzology: a rapsody / J. Michael Jarrett -- Keep on pushing: the Impressions / William C. Turner, Jr. -- Keep on rollin' along: the Temptations and soul therapy / Nicholas Cooper- Lewter -- In memory of Marvin Gaye / Cornel West -- The Catholic imagination of Bruce Springsteen / Andrew M. Greeley -- Like a Catholic: Madonna's challenge to her church / Andrew M. Greeley -- Sex and suicide / Cornel West -- Tracy Chapman: Jedermann, prophet, or cultural narrator? / Thomas Poole -- Rap culture, the church, and American society / Michael Eric Dyson -- Rights and responsibilities: 2 Live Crew and rap's moral vision / Michael Eric Dyson -- On Afro-American popular music: from bebop to rap / Cornel West. |
| Abstract |
What do Robert Johnson, Duke Ellington, Marvin Gaye, Madonna, and 2 Live Crew have in common? Each of their respective music forms--blues, jazz, soul, rock, and rap--contains varying degrees of religious essence and theological meaning. By examining the religious roots and historical circumstances of popular music, scholars and essayists--including Cornel West, Michael Eric Dyson, and Andrew Greeley--delve into the religious imagination of the American populace through an analysis of popular music. In sections devoted to popular music forms once identified as "the devil?s music," religious concepts and controversies are discussed: music as "soul therapy," the darker side of pop, secular angst, and sacred aspiration. |
| General note | A special issue of Black sacred music: a journal of theomusicology. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-297) and index. |
| In | Black sacred music. Vol. 6, no. 1 (Spring 1992) |
| Other title | From blues to rap. |
