Powerhouse for God - Speech, Chant, and Song in an Appalachian Baptist Church

Informationen zum Autor JEFF TODD TITON is professor of music emeritus at Brown University. He is the author of Early Downhome Blues: A Musical and Cultural Analysis and Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes. He is also the editor of Give Me This Mountain: Life History and Selected Sermons of the Rev. C. L. Franklin and Downhome Blues Lyrics: An Anthology from the Post-World War II Era . Klappentext The Fellowship Independent Baptist Church was a group of fundamental Christian believers broadly representative of southern Appalachian belief and practice. Jeff Todd Titon worked with this community to determine the nature of language in the practice of their religion. He traces specialized vocabulary and its applications through the acts of being saved! praying! preaching! teaching! and singing. Zusammenfassung The Fellowship Independent Baptist Church was a group of fundamental Christian believers broadly representative of southern Appalachian belief and practice. Jeff Todd Titon worked with this community to determine the nature of language in the practice of their religion. He traces specialized vocabulary and its applications through the acts of being saved! praying! preaching! teaching! and singing.

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Todd Titon
• Publisher: Univeristy of Tennessee Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781621904182
• ISBN: 978-1-62190-418-2
• Series: Charles K. Wolfe Music; Charles K. Wolfe Music; Charles K. Wolfe Music Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories