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Street Scriptures: Between God and Hip-Hop

by Professor Alejandro Nava

  • Hardback
  • 256 pages
  • Publisher: University of Chicago Press
  • 15.2 x 22.9 x 2 cm

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This book explores an important aspect of hip-hop that is rarely considered: its deep entanglement with spiritual life. The world of hip-hop is saturated with religion, but rarely is that element given serious consideration. In Street Scriptures, Alejandro Nava focuses our attention on this aspect of the music and culture in a fresh way, combining his profound love of hip-hop, his passion for racial and social justice, and his deep theological knowledge. Street Scriptures offers a refreshingly earnest and beautifully written journey through hip-hop's deep entanglement with the sacred. Nava reveals a largely unheard religious heartbeat in hip-hop, exploring crosscurrents of the sacred and profane in rap, reggaeton, and Latinx hip-hop today. Ranging from Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, Lauryn Hill, Cardi B, and Bad Bunny to St. Augustine and William James, Nava examines the ethical-political, mystical-prophetic, and theological qualities in hip-hop, probing the pure sonic and aesthetic signatures of music, while also diving deep into the voices that invoke the spirit of protest. The result is nothing short of a new liberation theology for our time, what Nava calls a "street theology."
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  • Title

    Street Scriptures: Between God and Hip-Hop

  • Author

    Professor Alejandro Nava

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    University of Chicago Press

  • Published

    May 2022

  • Weight

    550g

  • Page Count

    256

  • Dimensions

    15.2 x 22.9 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780226819143

  • ISBN-10

    0226819140

  • Eden Code

    5630767

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