Spirits rejoice! : jazz and American religion / Jason C. Bivins.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [ 2015]Description: xvi, 369 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780190230913 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0190230916 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ML 3921.8 .J39 B58 2015
Contents:
First meditations -- Procession of the great ancestry : traditions jazz and religious -- Shadows on a wall : jazz narrates American religions -- Urban magic : jazz communitarianism -- The magic of Juju : improvising ritual -- The Tao of mad Phat : jazz meditation and mysticism -- Other planes of there : jazz cosmologies and metaphysics -- Spirits rejoice! : beyond religion.
Summary: Bivins explores the relationship between American religion and American music, and the places where religion and jazz have overlapped" --Dust jacket flap.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection ML 3921.8 .J39 B58 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98648922

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-356) and index.

First meditations -- Procession of the great ancestry : traditions jazz and religious -- Shadows on a wall : jazz narrates American religions -- Urban magic : jazz communitarianism -- The magic of Juju : improvising ritual -- The Tao of mad Phat : jazz meditation and mysticism -- Other planes of there : jazz cosmologies and metaphysics -- Spirits rejoice! : beyond religion.

Bivins explores the relationship between American religion and American music, and the places where religion and jazz have overlapped" --Dust jacket flap.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.