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OLD SHIP OF ZION
THE AFRO-BAPTIST RITUAL IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA |
| By: |
Walter F. Pitts, Vincent L. Wimbush (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£39.49 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0195111451 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780195111453 |
| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 1996 |
| Series: |
Religion in America |
| Pages: |
216 |
| Description: |
This is a major study of the African origins of African-American forms of worship, based on the author's fieldwork in black Baptist churches in rural Texas. Through historical comparisons and linguistic analysis, Pitts uncovers striking parallels between "Afro-Baptist" services and the religious rituals of Western and Central Africa, as well as other African-derived rituals in the Caribbean, Brazil, etc. |
| Synopsis: |
This book retraces the African origins of African-American forms of worship. During a five-year period in the field, Pitts played the piano at and recorded numerous worship services in black Baptist churches throughout rural Texas. His historical comparisons and linguistic analyses of this material uncover striking parallels between "Afro-Baptist" services and the religious rituals of Western and Central Africa, as well as other African-derived rituals in the United States Sea Islands, the Caribbean, and Brazil. Pitts demonstrates that African and African-American worship share an underlying binary ritual frame: the somber melancholy of the first frame and the high emotion of the second frame. Pitts's revealing perspective on this often misunderstood aspect of African-American religion provides an investigative model for the study of diaspora cultural practices and the residual influence of their African sources. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Named an Outstanding Academic Book for 1994 by Choice. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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