| Contents |
Introduction: From the margins of isolation to the main stage: a theological reflection on hip hop -- Session one. A bird's-eye view of hip hop -- Back in the day: tracing the origins of hip hop -- Hip hop & the post-soul matrix -- Session two. The theology of hip hop -- Pain, misery, hate & love all at once : a theology of suffering -- Where are my dawgs at?: a theology of community -- Jesuz is hip hop: a theology of the hip hop Jesuz -- Tupac's nit grit 'hood gospel: a theology of social action & justice -- Finding Jesus in the shadows: a theology of the profane -- Session three. Missionally engaging hip hop's theology -- The scandal of loving the ethnos: beginning the dialogue of hip hop missions -- See you at the crossroads: Jesuz, hip hop & missions in post-9/11 America -- Epilogue: Reflections from a hip hopper. |
| Abstract |
What is Hip Hop? Hip hop speaks in a voice that is sometimes gruff, sometimes enraged, sometimes despairing, sometimes hopeful. Hip hop is the voice of forgotten streets laying claim to the high life of rims and timbs and threads and bling. Hip hop speaks in the muddled language of would-be prophets--mocking the architects of the status quo and stumbling in the dark toward a blurred vision of a world made right. What is hip hop? It's a cultural movement with a traceable theological center. The author follows the tracks of hip-hop theology and offers a path from its center to the cross, where Jesus speaks truth. |
| Abstract |
When most scholars, critics and religious voices have taken a reductionist approach to Hip Hop culture and music, Daniel White Hodge reveals the complexity, spiritualism and inspiration that shape Hip Hop. As a Hip Hop pastor, the author connects the transforming philosophies that exist between Christianity and Hip Hop theology. He underscores the distinctions between the commercialized lyrics and behavior that permeate mainstream media and the more consciousness-raising messages in the content and rhythms of grass-roots Hip Hop. This book invites the reader to contextualize the life and activism of the biblical Jesus in order to appreciate the collective power and relevance of Hip Hop culture. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009042077 |
| ISBN | 9780830837328 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0830837329 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
