Smith, Efrem  1969- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-227). 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0830833293 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005021331 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Religious life.<br/>Hip-hop--Religious aspects--Christianity.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR 563 .N4  / S5735 2005