Binding: Paperback
Description: This book explores an important aspect of hip - hop that is rarely considered: its deep entanglement with spiritual life. The world of hip - hop is saturated with religion but rarely is that element given serious consideration. In Street Scriptures Alejandro Nava focuses our attention on this aspect of the music and culture in a fresh way combining his profound love of hip - hop his passion for racial and social justice and his deep theological knowledge. Street Scriptures offers a refreshingly earnest and beautifully written journey through hip - hop's deep entanglement with the sacred. Nava analyzes the religious heartbeat in hip - hop looking at crosscurrents of the sacred and profane in rap reggaeton and Latinx hip - hop today. Ranging from Nas Kendrick Lamar Chance the Rapper Lauryn Hill and Cardi B to St. Augustine and William James Nava examines the ethical - political mystical - prophetic and theological qualities in hip - hop probing the pure sonic and aesthetic signatures of music while also diving deep into the voices that invoke the spirit of protest. The result is nothing short of a new liberation theology for our time what Nava calls a "street theology."
Title: Street Scriptures Between God And Hip - Hop
Author(s): Nava Alejandro
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226819167
Pages: 256 Pages, 5 Halftones
Publication Date: 5/16/2022
Category: Black & Asian Studies