Theology and Protest Music

Jonathan H. Harwell, Heidi M. Altman (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

360 Seiten

2023
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-9787-1344-4 (ISBN)

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Songs of protest have been inspiring activists for millennia, and continue to be created, shared, and reworked across musical genres. From the prophet Habakkuk as proto-protest singer, through a broad spectrum of twentieth and twenty-first century artists and diverse faith traditions, Theology and Protest Music gathers compelling contributions that examine Brazilian eschatology, Black liberation and womanism, esoteric Islam in Five Percenter rap, heavy metal as anti-theology, Howard Thurman’s relevance to jazz, Cuban Santería priest Pedrito Martinez’ sacred Batá drumming, as well as theological reflections on Jay-Z, Funkadelic, Marvin Gaye, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and the social justice chorale movement. Those interested in theology and popular culture, as well as scholars of music, social justice, racial identity, LGBTQ+ studies, and gender studies will find new aspects of the broad spectrum of protest music and its diverse spiritual connections. Theology and Protest Music also features invited contributions by pioneering choral activist Catherine Roma and world-renowned performer, composer, and educator Dr. Ysaye Maria Barnwell.

Heidi M. Altman is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Georgia Southern University. Jonathan H. Harwell is associate director for collection and resource services at the Ina Dillard Russell Library at Georgia College and State University.

Introduction
Heidi M. Altman and Jonathan H. Harwell

1.How Long? Habakkuk the Prophet as Proto-Protest Singer
Andrew Zack Lewis

2.Already and Not Yet: Eschatology in Brazilian Protest Songs (1960s-1990s)
Joêzer de Souza Mendonça and Allan Macedo de Novaes

3.From “We Shall Overcome” to “We Gon’ Be Alright:” How Social Movement Styles Influence Black Liberation Protest Music
Shaonta’ E. Allen

4.A Continuing Call from the Voice in the Wilderness: Jay-Z’s “Spiritual”
Rev. Santarvis Brown and Brent Swanson

5.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

6.Wholeness and Hoeness: The Protest for Black Women’s Sexual Liberation
Ristina Gooden

7.“To Rise Beyond Jesus”: Heavy Metal as Anti-Theological Protest
Jackson T. Reinhardt

8.Howard Thurman and the Meaning of Jazz
Daryl Russell Grigsby

9.Conjuring in the Concert Hall:

Erscheinungsdatum	17.03.2023
Reihe/Serie	Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
Co-Autor	Shaonta’ E. Allen, Heidi M. Altman
Vorwort	Jason C. Bivins
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 236 mm
Gewicht	649 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-9787-1344-4 / 1978713444
ISBN-13	978-1-9787-1344-4 / 9781978713444
Zustand	Neuware