Hip hop's hostile gospel : : a post-soul theological exploration / / by Daniel White Hodge.

In this book, Hodge takes into account the Christological, theological, and ecclesiological ruminations of a selected group of Hip Hop and rap song lyrics, interviews, and interviews from those defined as Hip Hoppers. The aim of this examination is to ascertain what a Hip Hop theology of community m...

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Superior document:Studies in critical research on religion, volume 6
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Studies in critical social sciences. Studies in critical research on religion ; volume 6.
Physical Description:1 online resource (238 pages).
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction: Hip Hop’s Complexity and Theological Intricacy
  • Context, Societal Change, and the Construct of Hip Hop Culture
  • God in the Cypher: Theological Narratives in Hip Hop
  • Hip Hop’s Totemic Prophet: Tupac Amaru Shakur
  • Violence, Death, and Suffering in Hip Hop Context
  • No Jesus in the Wild: Race, and The Jesuz Figure
  • Conclusions: What is Theology and Spirituality in Hip Hop?
  • Appendix 1: The Source Magazine’s Top 100 Rap Albums
  • Appendix 2: Top 25 List Generated from Interviewees of Hip Hop Theologically Influenced Artists
  • Bibliography
  • Index.