“There Is a Higher Height in the Lord”: Music, Worship, and Communication with God by Therese Smith

“…In order to ground the general in the particular, I will give detailed consideration to two musical instances or events from the Sunday morning service at Clear Creek Missionary Baptist Church on 4 November 2012, contextualising those within a broader context.…”
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“I Love It When You Play that Holy Ghost Chord”: Sounding Sacramentality in the Black Gospel Tradition by Braxton D. Shelley

“…The essay begins with a worship service from Chicago, Illinois’ Greater Harvest Missionary Baptist Church, an occasion in which the musical accompaniment for holy dancing brought sound’s sacramental function into particularly clear relief. …”
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“Water Brought Us Together”: A Baptismal Ethic from Flint by Kristen Daley Mosier, Daniel E. Moore, Sharon Saddler, Greg Timmons, Monica Villarreal, Andrew Wymer

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