Old ship of Zion : the Afro-Baptist ritual in the African diaspora /
"'I love the Lord, He heard my cry, ' Deacon cries out as the newly gathered congregation, now seated in their pews, echoes his words in a plaintive tune." Thus begins the Devotional at St. John Progressive Baptist Church, one of many Afro-Baptist services that Walter Pitts obser...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Język: | angielski |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1993.
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| Seria: | Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
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| Dostęp online: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=53345 |
Spis treści:
- Foreword / Vincent L. Wimbush
- 1. "Magnificence, Beauty, Poetry, and Color": The Afro-Baptist Church, Its Ritual and Frames
- 2. "We Free!" History of the Afro-Baptist Church
- 3. "I Want to Be at the Meeting": A History of Afro-Baptist Speech and Hymnody
- 4. "Kabiesile Shango!" A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Ritual Frames
- 5. "Nothing New under the Sun": The Variation of Speech and Song in the Afro-Baptist Ritual
- 6. "Like a Ship": Afro-Baptist Ritual Process.