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Paperback The Hum: Call and Response in African American Preaching Book

ISBN: 0687180201

ISBN13: 9780687180202

The Hum: Call and Response in African American Preaching

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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...

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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.
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