Fire in My Bones : : Transcendence and the Holy Spirit in African American Gospel / / Glenn Hinson.

Glenn Hinson focuses on a single gospel program and offers a major contribution to our understanding not just of gospel but of the nature of religious experience. A key feature of African American performance is the layering of performative voices and the constant shifting of performative focus. To...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010]
©2000
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Contemporary Ethnography
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Physical Description:1 online resource (424 p.) :; 24 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Chapter 1. Seeking Understanding
  • Chapter 2. Belief, Knowledge, and Experience
  • Chapter 3. Experiencing the Holy
  • Chapter 4. A Conversation
  • Chapter 5. Beginnings
  • Chapter 6. Scripture
  • Chapter 7. Prayer
  • Chapter 8. A Conversation
  • Chapter 9. Song
  • Chapter 10. Praise
  • Chapter 11. Welcome
  • Chapter 12. Response
  • Chapter 13. The Emcee
  • Chapter 14. Format
  • Chapter 15. Purpose
  • Chapter 16. False Purpose
  • Chapter 17. Elevation
  • Chapter 18. Invitation
  • Chapter 19. Benediction
  • Appendix: Stepping Around Experience and the Supernatural
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index