Wade in the water
Subtitle: the wisdom of the spirituals
By: Arthur C. Jones.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Maryknoll, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780883449233
Subjects: Spirituals (Songs) -- History and criticism.; African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-175) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Vincent Harding; title: "Over my head I hear music in the air" : African beginnings; title: "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child" : suffering and transformation; title: "Joshua fit the battle of Jericho" : struggle and resistance; title: "City called Heaven" : a working, everyday spirituality; title: "Scandalize' my name" : accountability; title: "There is a balm in Gilead" : hope and healing