Jesus Dub : Faith, Culture and Social Change
Robert. Beckford
Bok Engelsk 2006 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor & Francis, , 2006.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (193 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Book Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Sound clash: theology, culture and the Black Atlantic; 1. Theorising the politics of sound; 2. Diasporic dialogue: The emergence of sound systems and Pentecostal churches; 3. The set and the Spirit: Dancehall and church hall as cultural resistance; 4. The gospel of dub: Origins and development; 5. Dub hermeneutics: Form and content; 6. Jesus dub; 7. Echo chamber: Dialogue with William (Lez) Henry; 8. Spirit dub: Towards heteroglossia; 9. Prosperity dub: Commonwealth economics. - Conclusion: Theology and culture dubNotes; Bibliography; Index. - Explores the dialogue between two central institutions in African Caribbean life: the church and the dancehall. This book highlights how Dub - one of the central features of dancehall culture - can be mobilized as a framework for re-evaluating theology, taking apart doctrine and reconstructing it under the influence of a guiding theme.
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| ISBN | 0415310180. - 0415310199. - 9780415310185. - 9780415310192
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