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Bringing Liturgical Dance Into The Twenty-First Century, Trisha Holmes, Lisa Smith

Trisha Holmes

Dance Is a very powerful and ever changing form of communication found in virtually every civilization on earth. Because it is developing, new forms like Liturgical dance can often go unnoticed by the dance community as a whole. Liturgical dance can be traced back to the early slave churches of the 1700’s where it began as free form worship. Slaves and free “Blacks” gathered in large groups to worship, during these gatherings persons felt compelled by the “spirit of God” to move in wild abandon, like the “ring shout”, a tradition brought to America by the slave trade.(Allen ,“Slave Ships …

Anne Hutchinson, Michael Ditmore

Michael Ditmore

No abstract provided.

John Cotton, Thomas Shepard, Thomas Hooker, William Apess, And Devotional Literature, Michael Ditmore

Michael Ditmore

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Historical Perspectives On Elizabeth Seton And Education: School Is My Chief Business., Betty Ann Mcneil

Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.

A Prophetess In Her Own Country: An Exegesis Of Anne Hutchinson's "Immediate Revelation", Michael Ditmore

Michael Ditmore

No abstract provided.

Autobiographical Acoustics: Hearing/Speaking Divine Voices In Elizabeth Ashbridge's Account, Michael Ditmore

Michael Ditmore

No abstract provided.

Preparation And Confession: Reconsidering Edmund S. Morgan's Visible Saints, Michael Ditmore

Michael Ditmore

No abstract provided.