When the Church Becomes Your Party: Contemporary Gospel Music
In When the Church Becomes Your Party, author Deborah Smith Pollard assesses contemporary gospel music as the genre enters the twenty-first century. She argues that although the flashy clothing, informal language, and elaborate stage presentation found in some of the newest gospel music might not be what some worshippers expect, this new aesthetic rests on the same Christian principles as more traditional forms and actually extends its message to a wider and younger audience.\ In this volume...
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About the Author:Deborah Smith Pollard is associate professor of English literature and humanities and former director of the African American studies program at the University of Michigan-Dearborn
1 "Praise Is What We Do": The Rise of Praise and Worship Music in the Urban Church 172 Right Under Our (Upturned) Noses: The Phenomenon Known as the Gospel Musical Stage Play 553 Muscle T-Shirts, Tight Jeans, and Cleavage: (W)rapping the Gospel for a New Generation 794 From Princess Premium Stuff and Miss Mandy to Holy Boldness: The Influence of Women Gospel Announcers 1115 Preachers in Disguise: Bringing the Holy to Hip Hop 137Epilogue 161Appendixes A-E 167Notes 181Works Cited 203Index 213
