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Defending The Call To Preach In Shirley Caesar’S Gospel Autobiography, Angela Nelson
Defending The Call To Preach In Shirley Caesar’S Gospel Autobiography, Angela Nelson
Popular Culture Faculty Publications
Shirley Caesar, a celebrated, multiple award-winning gospel singer and preacher, used and retold stories about three transformative spiritual experiences to build a case for defending her call to preach. These ritualistic spiritual events included chronicling her conversion, spirit baptism, and call experiences. In this discussion, I examine the contexts of Caesar’s familial and religious backgrounds, Christian Protestant preaching culture and gender, Caesar’s “parable” and “prolegomenon” of purpose, and Caesar’s defense of her call to preach. I conclude by exploring the ways in which, as an “outsider within,” Caesar’s “defense case story” negotiated and dissented from theological narratives about the place …
Decoration Day In The Mountains: Traditions Of Cemetery Decoration In The Southern Appalachians, Jack Santino
Decoration Day In The Mountains: Traditions Of Cemetery Decoration In The Southern Appalachians, Jack Santino
Popular Culture Faculty Publications
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Performative Commemoratives, The Personal, And The Public: Spontaneous Shrines, Emergent Ritual, And The Field Of Folklore, Jack Santino
Performative Commemoratives, The Personal, And The Public: Spontaneous Shrines, Emergent Ritual, And The Field Of Folklore, Jack Santino
Popular Culture Faculty Publications
AFS Presidential Plenary Address, 2004