The hip-hop church : connecting with the movement shaping our culture /

Smith, Efrem 1969-

The hip-hop church : connecting with the movement shaping our culture / Efrem Smith and Phil Jackson. - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2005. - 227 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-227).

Hip-hop and the church-opposition or opportunity? -- Part I: Why should the church care about hip-hop? -- Church and hip-hop -- Part II: Understanding the hip-hop culture -- What is hip-hop? -- Blues and Negro spirituals, the parents of hip-hop -- Hip-hop as postmodern culture -- Hip-hop theology -- Part III: Bringing hip-hop into your church -- Holy hip-hop -- The emcee and the preacher -- The deejay and the worship leader -- Bringing hip-hop into your worship service -- Starting a hip-hop church -- Conclusion: church and hip-hop, you don't stop.

0830833293 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005021331


African Americans--Religious life.
Hip-hop--Religious aspects--Christianity.

BR 563 .N4 / S5735 2005