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Volume 7, Issue 1

March 1, 1993

ISSN 1043-9455

EISSN 2640-9879

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Articles
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Sermons and Addresses
Book Reviews
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Articles

Theodicy of the Bacchic in the Poetry of Jean Toomer’s Cane

Ronald Dorris

Dancing to Rebalance the Universe: African American Secular Dance and Spirituality

Katrina Hazzard-Gordon

Historical Reprints

Gospel Songwriter Attacks All Hot Bands’ Swinging Spirituals

Thomas A. Dorsey

Church, Theatre, and Gospel Songs

Langston Hughes

Paul Robeson Tells Why He Will Not Star in Orthodox Operas

Paul Robeson

Lionel Hampton Beats Out New Rhythm for Civil Rights Fight

Mary McLeod Bethune

Bears and Bulls

St. Clair Drake

Sermons and Addresses

Standing on the Promises

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

By the Rivers of Babylon (Psalm 137:1–4)

John Mendez

Ain’t Gonna Study War No More (John 20:19–23)

Jacqueline Grant

The Thrills and Chills of Death

Robert E. Hood

How Far Have We Come Since King?

Michael A. Battle

Book Reviews

The African American Church: Past, Present, and Future

Harold Dean Trulear

Black Hymnody: A Hymnological History of the African-American Church

Melva Wilson Costen

The Spirituals and the Blues

Jon Michael Spencer

The Rise of Gospel Blues: The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church

Jon Michael Spencer

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Dedication

Preface

Chapter 3. Dances, Blues, and Ballads

Chapter 13. Urban-Rural Cycle

Chapter 5. Imagery and Nature of the Work Song

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