...James H. Cone Copyright © 1992 by Duke University Press 1992 The Blues: ASecular Spiritual fames H. Cone What did I do To be so black And blue! Theologically, there is more to be said about the music of black people than what was revealed in the black spirituals. To be sure, a significant...

...Jon Michael Spencer James H. Cone . The Spirituals and the Blues . Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books , 1991 . 141 pp. Copyright © 1993 by Duke University Press 1993 Book Reviews BS In his treatment of the inclusivity of official hymnals of EuroAmerican denominations, Spencer...

... notion of the quest for freedom. The first chapter is James Cone's keynote address for the conference, Cone's first extensive reflection on Thurman. Cone points out self-reflectively that both he and Thurman were raised in the church in the South and in the context of the South's terroristic Jim Crow...

... about blues belief and the longstanding church-blues dialectic. As a select few scholars gleaned filaments of theological thought from this journalistic data, headway was gained toward the documentation of black blues theology. James Cone was the first theologian to clearly perceive that black theology...

... commercially enduring of these is rap. One important aspect of the hip-hop aesthetic is its theology. Black music, in general, tends to be naturally theological, according to black theologian James Cone, because in black music people's deepest aspirations and beliefs are deposited, deposited...

.... This book will appeal to all students of African American liturgical music, and it will provide additional data for hymnologists who have overlooked the published hymn traditions of African Americans. Melva Wilson Costen James H. Cone. The Spirituals and the Blues. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1991. 141 pp...

... Cone (the only scholar to write theologically on the blues) is correct in his claim that blues was not created to address the theodicy problem, then my endeavor to discover the religious mystery of the blues ethos is misguided. Cone says: What is the explanation of black suffering in the blues...

... on the blues, for instance, have dealt with its texts. James H. Cone and Jon Michael Spencer have made theomusi- Angela M . S. Nelson is a professor in the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University. 1. Alan Dundes, "Texture, Text, and Context," Midwest Folklore 12 (1962): 252, 254. 2...

... of being a negation of good, Blackness heralds the redemption of all that is pure and sacred."4 James Cone went further to recognize the importance of soul music to the archetypal symbol of blackness. The powerful spirit of blackness, he said, is the sound of James Brown singing, "I'm a Black and I'm Proud...

..." as Michael Harris in his book The Rise of Gospel Blues . Harris is writing about the gospel created by Thomas A. Dorsey, music traditionally viewed as the religious antithesis of the blues. To Harris, however, gospel is "sacred blues," just as to James Cone the blues are "secular spirituals." Harris's...

..., Patrick. Bread and Circuses: Theories of Mass Culture as Social Decay. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1983 . Callahan, David, ed. The Secular City Debate. New York: Macmillan, 1966. Camus, Albert . The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt, trans. Anthony Bower. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Cone...

... witness and a call for continued activism in the struggle for freedom and justice. The book, following a foreword by James H. Cone, is divided into three main sections: a historical reflection by Carter, a contemporary analysis by Walker, and a prophetic projection by Jones. Each section reflects...

... Press, 1989. Buhmann, Peter, and Rolf Tischer, eds. Pop and Religion: Auf dem Weg zu einer neuen VolksfrommigkeiU Stuttgart, Germany: Quell Verlag, 1992. Cone, James H. The Spirituals and the Blues. San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1972. Cox, Harvey. The Secular City: Secularization and Urbanization...

... is presented for the encounter. No voice is given to the woman in the encounter. She is merely identified as the one who is "soft and wet." It would be dishonest to present Martin Luther King, Jr., as the antithesis of any objectification of women. We are grateful for James Cone's fair treatment of King's...

... and chord progressions to call upon, so have the Pentecostal praise leaders an inventory of familiar calls at their disposal for 3. Gerlach and Hine, 162 . 4. Ibid. 5. James H. Cone, God of th e O ppres sed (New York: Seabury Press, 1975), 8. 32 Blodc SoaedMusk leading the singing of praise songs. Black...

... and a portion of hope and idealism? James Cone says we must embrace and embody both Martin and Malcolm; perhaps the equivalent in contemporary popular culture is our embracing both Jackson and Souljah. Historical reality has taught us to respect the tragic vision of life, and Christianity has taught us to hold...

.... xxx, 177. In his book Blues and Evil, Jon Michael Spencer presses a sometimes controversial, often ignored argument-that there is an essential religious character to the blues. James Cone, in his groundbreaking text, The Spirituals and the Blues: An Interpretation (1972), first suggested the intimate...

... Clinton, George, 36 clothing, as way to make a state- ment, 34, 37 Cocks, Jay, 31 Cold Rush Brothers, 13 Cone, James, 52, 53, 55-56 Cox, Ida, 51 Crawford, Randy, 631 641 66 Cray, Robert, 18-19 "Cress Theory of Color- Confrontation and Racism (White Supremacy 44 Crouch, Andre, 8 Daly, Mary, 71-76 passim...

... Racism Civil rights movement, 63, 76, 80, 87, 90-92, 104-5 Clarke, Kenny, 53 Cleaver, Eldridge, 58 Cone, James, 18-22 passim, 45, 59, 63 Cooke, Sam, 88 Cooper-Lewter, Nicholas, 14-15, 65 Coughlin, Ellen, 155- 56 Cox, Harvey, 13, 14, 15 Crouch, Andre, 121, 122 "Darling Nikki," 129, 137-38 Davenport, Cow...

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