Sacred music of the secular city
Subtitle: from blues to rap
By: edited by Jon Michael Spencer
Series: Black sacred music -- v. 6, no. 1
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Durham, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: African Americans; Music; History and criticism; Religious aspects; Popular music; Blues (Music); Jazz; Soul music; Rock music; Rap (Music)
Other titles: From blues to rap
Notes: "A special issue of Black sacred music: a journal of theomusicology."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-297) and index.
Table of contents: title: The ethos of the blues / Larry Neal; title: From black to blues / Dwight D. Andrews; title: The blues as a secular religion / Rod Gruver; title: The blues : a secular spiritual / James H. Cone; title: The mythology of the blues / Jon Michael Spencer; title: New world a'comin' : religious perspectives on the legacy of Duke Ellington / Mark Sumner Harvey; title: Some memories of Duke Ellington's premier sacred jazz concert / Eloise McKinney-Johnson; title: From the heart : a reflection on the essence of jazz / Mtumishi St. Julien; title: Howling with the wolves : Paul Winter's earth jazz / Jay McDaniel; title: On jazzology : a rapsody / J. Michael Jarrett.; title: (Cont.): Keep on pushing : the Impressions / William C. Turner, Jr.; title: Keep on rollin' along : the Temptations and soul therapy / Nicholas Cooper- Lewter; title: In memory of Marvin Gaye / Cornel West; title: The Catholic imagination of Bruce Springsteen / Andrew M. Greeley; title: Like a Catholic : Madonna's challenge to her church / Andrew M. Greeley; title: Sex and suicide / Cornel West; title: Tracy Chapman : Jedermann, prophet, or cultural narrator? / Thomas Poole; title: Rap culture, the church, and American society / Michael Eric Dyson; title: Rights and responsibilities : 2 Live Crew and rap's moral vision / Michael Eric Dyson; title: On Afro-American popular music : from bebop to rap / Cornel West.