The Hum: Call and Response in African American Preaching

by Thomas H. Troeger and Evans E. Crawford

Book Overview

In The Hum: Call and Response in African Preaching, Evans E. Crawford, with Thomas H. Troeger, relates his analysis of African American folk preaching by relying upon an indigenous scheme for evaluation. The call/response tension in black preaching (derived from a West African tradition) is what drives the musicality of speech in black churches. Crawford refers to this musicality as "hum thoughts" and one can imagine the choir responding with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0687180201
• ISBN13: 9780687180202
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

superb

This wonderful little book makes me wonder why white male preachers continue to be so breath-takingly dull. As a white woman, I side completely with the courageous, dynamic presentations of Black preachers in all their varieties of discourse. Highly recommended.