SKU: GI.G-8462
Composed by James
Abbington. Edited by
James Abbington. African
American Church Music
Series. Sacred. Book. 824
pages. GIA Publications
#8462. Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-8462).
ISBN 9781622771004.
English.
The volume
you are holding is a
vivid testimony …to
the value of examining
this variety and dynamism
from multiple,
overlapping points of
view …to the value
of both realist and
idealist voices …to
the value of articulating
wisdom. From the foreword
by John D. Witvliet,
Calvin Institute of
Christian Worship Since
the publication of the
first volume of Readings
in African American
Church Music and Worship,
public and academic
interest in the music and
worship in black churches
has significantly
increased. This second
volume makes available
the most recent
scholarship on
twenty-first-century
developments and trends,
through a representative
number of articles,
essays, and chapters
written by brilliant
musicians, authors, and
theologians of our time.
The list of contributors
includes some of the
finest emerging scholars,
whose voices we will be
hearing for years to
come, as well as
offerings from seasoned
authors, whose research
and writings are well
regarded by peers and the
worshiping community at
large. The significant
contributions—from
names new and
familiar—greatly
broaden the field of
study. The 43 chapters of
this volume are divided
into 7 categories:
Worship and Liturgical
Practices Perspectives on
Praise and Worship
Liturgical Theologies Hip
Hop and/in the Church
Proclamation of the Word
Perspectives on Women and
Gender Hymnody: Sound and
Sense Insightful,
thought-provoking,
challenging,
hopeful—this
volume will be a source
of knowledge, a stimulus
for discussion, and a
call to (re)consider the
many and varied
viewpoints of the African
American church.
Featuring the writings
of: James Abbington,
LaTrese Adkins, Sandra L.
Barnes, Tuere A. Bowles,
Ruthlyn Bradshaw, Michael
Joseph Brown, Melvin L.
Butler, James H. Cone,
David Douglas Daniels
III, Robert Darden, Leo
H. Davis Jr., Valerie
Bridgeman Davis, Michael
Fox, Kenyatta R. Gilbert,
Daniel White Hodge,
Birgitta J. Johnson,
Alisha Jones, Tammy L.
Kernodle, S T Kimbrough,
Jr., Cheryl A.
Kirk-Duggan, Cleophus J.
LaRue, Monica T. Leach,
Tamura Lomax, Pamela P.
Martin, Marvin A.
McMickle, Monica R.
Miller, Stephanie Y.
Mitchem, Thomasina
Neely-Chandler, Deborah
S. Pollard, Luke A.
Powery, Samuel D.
Proctor, Teresa L. Reed,
Braxton D. Shelley,
Martha Simmons, Josef
Sorett, Rodney A. Teal,
Frank Thomas, Kathleen S.
Turner, Kenneth C. Ulmer,
Gayle Wald, James Melvin
Washington, Ralph C.
Watkins, Lisa M. Weaver,
Melinda E. Weekes,
Christina Zanfagna James
Abbington is Associate
Professor of Church Music
and Worship, Candler
School of Theology, Emory
University, Atlanta,
Georgia. He also serves
as Executive Editor of
the African American
Church Music Series,
published by GIA
Publications, Inc.
Daniel Johns
