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- From blue-note turmoil to grace-note power, Black women preachers stand tall.
- About the Author: Melanie R. Hill is Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Global Racial Justice and Assistant Professor of American Literature at Rutgers University, Newark, and a classically trained gospel violinist.
- 320 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Christian Ministry
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About the Book
"From blue-note turmoil to grace-note power, Black women preachers stand tall. In Colored Women Sittin' on High, Melanie R. Hill offers a new perspective on the art of the sermon in African American literature, music, and theology. Drawing on the womanist cadence of Alice Walker in literature and the rhythmical flow of named womanist theologians, Hill makes interventions at the intersections of African American literary criticism, music, and religious studies. Pushing against the patriarchal dominance that often exists in religious spaces, Hill argues that Black women's religious practice creates a 'sermonic space' that thrives inside and outside the church, allowing for a critique of sexism and anti-Black racism. She examines literature by writers such as Zora Neale Hurston and James Baldwin, music by Aretha Franklin and Ms. Lauryn Hill, and sermons by theologians Ruby Sales and Vashti M. McKenzie, and she takes readers into a sermonic artwork of artists, preachers, and freedom movement activists who are, as Hill contends, the greatest 'virtuosic alchemists' of our time"--Book Synopsis
From blue-note turmoil to grace-note power, Black women preachers stand tall. In Colored Women Sittin' on High, Melanie R. Hill offers a new perspective on the art of the sermon in African American literature, music, and theology. Drawing on the womanist cadence of Alice Walker in literature and the rhythmical flow of named womanist theologians, Hill makes interventions at the intersections of African American literary criticism, music, and religious studies.Pushing against the patriarchal dominance that often exists in religious spaces, Hill argues that Black women's religious practice creates a "sermonic space" that thrives inside and outside the church, allowing for a critique of sexism and anti-Black racism. She examines literature by writers such as Zora Neale Hurston and James Baldwin, music by Aretha Franklin and Ms. Lauryn Hill, and sermons by theologians Ruby Sales and Vashti M. McKenzie, and she takes readers into a sermonic artwork of artists, preachers, and freedom movement activists who are, as Hill contends, the greatest "virtuosic alchemists" of our time.
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"Black women are on a journey, a magical one. A journey of reclamation and welcoming of our teachers. . . . Who knew about the wonderful world of black women preachers, for instance? I didn't. But there they are; there they have been. Nina Simone's mother was a preacher! What!? Melanie Hill's book is full of them."--Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple
About the Author
Melanie R. Hill is Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Global Racial Justice and Assistant Professor of American Literature at Rutgers University, Newark, and a classically trained gospel violinist.Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .72 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Christian Ministry
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Number of Pages: 320
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Theme: Preaching
Format: Paperback
Author: Melanie R Hill
Language: English
Street Date: April 29, 2025
TCIN: 94262430
UPC: 9781469685090
Item Number (DPCI): 247-40-6242
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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