Old Ship of Zion : the Afro-Baptist Ritual in the African Diaspora.
Following the author's fieldwork in black Baptist churches in Texas, he retraces the African origins of African-American forms of worship. His historical comparisons and linguistic analyses uncover striking parallels between "Afro-Baptist" services and religious rituals in West and Ce...
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1996
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| Series: | Religion in America (New York, N.Y.)
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Table of Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 "Magnificence, Beauty, Poetry, and Color": The Afro-Baptist Church, Its Ritual and Frames; 2 "We Free!" History of the Afro-Baptist Church; 3 "I Want to Be at the Meeting": A History of Afro-Baptist Speech and Hymnody; 4 "Kabiesile Shango!" A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Ritual Frames; 5 "Nothing New under the Sun": The Variation of Speech and Song in the Afro-Baptist Ritual; 6 "Like a Ship": Afro-Baptist Ritual Process; References; Audiography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.
