The hip-hop church : connecting with the movement shaping our culture /

The hip-hop church : connecting with the movement shaping our culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Smith, Efrem (Efrem D.), 1969- author.
Imprint:	Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 2005. ©2005
Description:	227 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	African Americans -- Religion. Hip-hop -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Hip-hop -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. African Americans -- Religion.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13194825

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Other authors / contributors:	Jackson, Phil, 1964-
ISBN:	0830833293 9780830833290
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-227). committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:	The beats ring out in our cities. Hip-hop culture is all around us: in the clothes youth wear, in the music they listen to, in the ways they express themselves. It is the language they speak, the rhythm they move to. It is a culture familiar with the hard realities of our broken world; the generation raised with rap knows about the pain. They need to know about the hope. Enter the hip-hop church. Like the culture it rises from, the hip-hop church is relevant and bold. And it speaks to the heart. In this book, pastors Efrem Smith and Phil Jackson show the urgency of connecting hip-hop culture and church to reach a generation with the gospel of Jesus Christ. They give practical ideas from their urban churches and other hip-hop churches about how to engage and incorporate rap, break dancing, poetry and deejays to worship Jesus and preach his Word. Hip-hop culture is shaping the next generation. Ignoring it will not reduce its influence; it will only separate us from the youth moving to its rhythm. How will they hear Christ's message of truth and hope if we don't speak their language? And how can we speak their language if we don't understand and embrace their culture?

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Foreword
Shout-Outs
Hip-Hop and the Church: Opposition or Opportunity?
Part 1. Why Should the Church Care About Hip-Hop?
1. Church and Hip-Hop
Part 2. Understanding the Hip-Hop Culture
2. What Is Hip-Hop?
3. Blues and Negro Spirituals, the Parents of Hip-Hop
4. Hip-Hop as Postmodern Culture
5. Hip-Hop Theology
Part 3. Bringing Hip-Hop into Your Church
6. Holy Hip-Hop
7. The Emcee and the Preacher
8. The Deejay and the Worship Leader
9. Bringing Hip-Hop into Your Worship Service
10. Practical Ways of Reaching the Hip-Hop Community for Christ
Conclusion: Church and Hip-Hop-You Don't Stop
Appendix. Hip-Hop Resources