Robert Beckford

Jesus Dub (eBook, ePUB)

Theology, Music and Social Change

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Engaging with the Black church and Black society, the 'crack age', hip-hop theology and TV, this radical and cutting-edge Christian message presents dub as a tool in which Christians can find new empowerment and purpose.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134388950
• Artikelnr.: 38445701

Autorenporträt

Robert Beckford teaches at the University of Birmingham, in the department of American and Canadian Studies. He has written several books in the field of Black theology and Black culture in Britain, including God and the Gangs (2004), God of the Rahtid (2003), Dread and the Pentecostal (2000) and Jesus is Dread (1998). As well as writing and teaching, Robert is a British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) award-winning documentary presenter, working with Channel 4 television.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: sound clash: theology, culture and the Black Atlantic PART 1
Church hall, dancehall and resistance 1 Theorising the politics of sound 2
Diasporic dialogue: the emergence of sound systems and Pentecostal churches
3 The set and the spirit: dancehall and church hall as cultural resistance
PART 2 Dub, interpretation and Christology 4 The gospel of dub: origins and
development 5 Dub hermeneutics: form and content 6 Jesus dub 7 Echo
chamber: dialogue with William (Lez) Henry PART 3 Dub, theology and social
change 8 Spirit dub: towards heteroglossia 9 Prosperity dub: commonwealth
economics Conclusion: theology and culture dub

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Introduction: sound clash: theology, culture and the Black Atlantic PART 1 Church hall, dancehall and resistance 1 Theorising the politics of sound 2 Diasporic dialogue: the emergence of sound systems and Pentecostal churches 3 The set and the spirit: dancehall and church hall as cultural resistance PART 2 Dub, interpretation and Christology 4 The gospel of dub: origins and development 5 Dub hermeneutics: form and content 6 Jesus dub 7 Echo chamber: dialogue with William (Lez) Henry PART 3 Dub, theology and social change 8 Spirit dub: towards heteroglossia 9 Prosperity dub: commonwealth economics Conclusion: theology and culture dub