When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras

“…Kee, Claudrena N. Harold explores gospel music\'s essential place as an outlet for African Americans to express their spiritual and cultural selves. …”
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Music and Spirituality in Africa: Gospel Music, Spirituality, and Everyday Meaning-Making in Nigeria by Oladele Ayorinde, Toyin Samuel Ajose

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Gospel Music and Liturgical Hymns to the Researcher’s Spiritual Healing during the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Autoethnography Biblical Perspective by Sakhiseni Joseph Yende

“…Although gospel music and liturgy hymn music have been used as devotional and spiritual music for the well-being of religious individuals, little academic attention has been given to gospel music and liturgy hymns. …”
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Defending the Call to Preach in Shirley Caesar’s Gospel Autobiography by Angela Marie Nelson

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Not Secular: Interrogating the Sacred-Secular Binary through Gospel-Pop Performance by Matthew A. Williams

“…In this article, I suggest that, when present in popular music, black gospel music (in particular) complicates notions of the sacred-secular binary. …”
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Cultural conceptulisations in Elijah Akintunde’s Yoruba ballad gospel song Ijo Odi ‘Dance of the Deaf’ by Taiwo Rotimi, Fawunmi Mayowa, Ogundare Ajibola

“…Drawing insights from Cultural Linguistics, this study argues that cultural symbols and structures (schemas, categories, and metaphors) are deployed in gospel music to capture the message of liberation from socio-economic challenges. …”
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