Dance To My Ministry

Exploring Hip-Hop Spirituality
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-525-60454-0
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Buch, Englisch, Band Band 019, 323 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 657 g

Reihe: Research in Contemporary Religion

Hip-hop is a deeply spiritual culture, a culture that since its beginnings has provided urban youth all over the world with a sense of place, being and direction, with knowledge of self and knowledge of cultural heritage. By examining a number of rap tunes and graffiti walls, Carl Petter Opsahl explores different spiritualities and religious traditions informing hip-hop culture, including, Christianity, Nation of Islam, Nation of Gods and Earths and indigenous spiritualities. By developing a theoretical framework of hybrid spirituality, Opsahl outlines spiritual strategies of survival and resistance in contexts of oppression and struggle.He provides basic introductions to recent research on spirituality, to hip-hop culture and its esthetic practices and to Islam in the USA and the teachings of Nation of Islam and Nation of Gods and Earths. Then follow in-depth analyzes of hip-hop cultural expressions. One chapter is devoted to the study of graffiti murals, exploring artworks by some of New York’s finest writers such as TATS CRU, TRACY 168, TOO FLY and QUEEN ANDREA. Then follows a chapter on rap and Christianity, featuring explorations of Lauryn Hill, 2Pac and a number of Christian rappers including G.R.I.T.S. Another chapter explores Islamic influences on rap, with studies on Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan, Erykah Badu and Mos Def.Embedded in rhythms, rhymes, colors and shapes, the exploration of hip hop spirituality expands the horizon of studies in spirituality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Opsahl, Carl Petter

Weitere Mitwirkende

Heimbrock, Hans-Günter

Wyller, Trygve

Knauss, Stefanie

Sander, Hans-Joachim

Pezzoli-Olgiati, Daria

Kreinath, Jens

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Kultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliche Spiritualität, Christliche Mystik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul

Über Autor(innen)

Knauss, Stefanie
Dr. Stefanie Knauss ist zur Zeit Associate Professor für Theologie an der Villanova University (USA).

Pezzoli-Olgiati, Daria
Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati ist Professorin für Religionswissenschaft und Religionsgeschichte an der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität München.

Wyller, Trygve
Trygve Wyller is Professor Emeritus in Diaconal Studies and Systematic Theology at the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo and Honorary Professor, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He has written extensively on space, ecclesiology, migration, phenomenology, ethics
and relevant Scandinavian Creation Theology-issues. Some of his recent publications are Diaconia/Empowering/Social Development, in the International Handbook of Practical Theology (2022); and Liberating, Spatial Theology. Some Reflections on How Theology Can Transform, in Dialogue with Gerald West (2024).
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Heimbrock, Hans-Günter
Dr. päd. Hans-Günter Heimbrock ist Professor für Praktische Theologie am Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie der J. W. Goethe Universität Frankfurt a. M.

Opsahl, Carl Petter
Carl Petter Opsahl, Ph.D., is Street Pastor at City Mission of Oslo and Professional musician.

Sander, Hans-Joachim
Dr. Hans-Joachim Sander ist Professor für Dogmatik an der Universität Salzburg.