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Spirits rejoice! : jazz and American religion / Jason C. Bivins

Author
Bivins, Jason
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [ 2015]
Physical Description
xvi, 369 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents
First meditations -- Procession of the great ancestry : traditions jazz and religious -- Shadows on a wall : jazz narrates American religions -- Urban magic : jazz communitarianism -- The magic of Juju : improvising ritual -- The Tao of mad Phat : jazz meditation and mysticism -- Other planes of there : jazz cosmologies and metaphysics -- Spirits rejoice! : beyond religion.
Summary
Bivins explores the relationship between American religion and American music, and the places where religion and jazz have overlapped" --Dust jacket flap.
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ISBN
9780190230913 (cloth : alk. paper)
0190230916 (cloth : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-356) and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries); 2015
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