Opsahl Dance To My Ministry

Exploring Hip-Hop Spirituality
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-647-60454-1
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 0 - No protection

E-Book, Englisch, Band Band 019, 323 Seiten

Reihe: Research in Contemporary Religion

Hip-hop is a deeply spiritual culture, a culture that since its beginnings has provided urban youth all over the world with a sense of place, being and direction, with knowledge of self and knowledge of cultural heritage. By examining a number of rap tunes and graffiti walls, Carl Petter Opsahl explores different spiritualities and religious traditions informing hip-hop culture, including, Christianity, Nation of Islam, Nation of Gods and Earths and indigenous spiritualities. By developing a theoretical framework of hybrid spirituality, Opsahl outlines spiritual strategies of survival and resistance in contexts of oppression and struggle.He provides basic introductions to recent research on spirituality, to hip-hop culture and its esthetic practices and to Islam in the USA and the teachings of Nation of Islam and Nation of Gods and Earths. Then follow in-depth analyzes of hip-hop cultural expressions. One chapter is devoted to the study of graffiti murals, exploring artworks by some of New York's finest writers such as TATS CRU, TRACY 168, TOO FLY and QUEEN ANDREA. Then follows a chapter on rap and Christianity, featuring explorations of Lauryn Hill, 2Pac and a number of Christian rappers including G.R.I.T.S. Another chapter explores Islamic influences on rap, with studies on Public Enemy, Wu-Tang Clan, Erykah Badu and Mos Def.Embedded in rhythms, rhymes, colors and shapes, the exploration of hip hop spirituality expands the horizon of studies in spirituality.

Carl Petter Opsahl, Ph.D., is Street Pastor at City Mission of Oslo and Professional musician.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Opsahl, Carl Petter

Weitere Mitwirkende

Heimbrock, Hans-Günter

Wyller, Trygve

Knauss, Stefanie

Sander, Hans-Joachim

Pezzoli-Olgiati, Daria

Kreinath, Jens

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Kultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliche Spiritualität, Christliche Mystik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Title Page;4
2;Copyright;5
3;Table of Contents;6
4;PART ONE;12
5;Body;12
6;1. Microphone Check. Introduction;14
6.1;1.1 Situating my project;15
6.1.1;1.1.1 Mapping the field;15
6.1.1.1;1.1.1.1 Hip-hop and theology;15
6.1.1.2;1.1.1.2 Finding religion in hip-hop;17
6.1.1.3;1.1.1.3 Ethnographic studies;18
6.1.1.4;1.1.1.4 Hip-hop and religion studies;19
6.1.2;1.1.2 Engaging with the field;19
6.1.2.1;1.1.2.1 Christian theology and hip-hop;19
6.1.2.2;1.1.2.2 Studies in hip-hop and religion;22
6.1.2.3;1.1.2.3 Religion, hip-hop and structures of power;24
6.1.2.4;1.1.2.4 How I look and listen;25
6.1.3;1.1.3 The structure of my book;28
6.1.3.1;1.1.3.1 Some words on terminology and language;30
7;2. Peace, Unity, Love, and Having Fun. Exploring spirituality in a hip-hop context.;32
7.1;2.1 Spirituality and hybridity;33
7.1.1;2.1.1 Understanding Spirituality;33
7.1.1.1;2.1.1.1 Mapping spirituality;34
7.1.1.2;2.1.1.2 Spirituality and Liberation Theology;37
7.1.2;2.1.2 Hybrid spirituality and contexts of struggle;39
7.1.2.1;2.1.2.1 Race and gender;42
7.1.2.2;2.1.2.2 Hybridity and subversive spirituality;45
7.2;2.2 Hip-Hop Esthetics;46
7.2.1;2.2.1 Community;46
7.2.1.1;2.2.1.1 The borders of hip-hop culture;47
7.2.2;2.2.2 The power of the letter: writing;49
7.2.2.1;2.2.2.1 Elements of writing;51
7.2.3;2.2.3 Wheels of Steel: DJing;55
7.2.3.1;2.2.3.1 DJing and producing;56
7.2.3.2;2.2.3.2 Manipulating time with hands;58
7.2.4;2.2.4 Physical Graffiti: Breaking;60
7.2.5;2.2.5 The Art of Rhyming: MCing;62
7.2.5.1;2.2.5.1 The poetics of rap;63
7.3;2.3 The Fifth Element: Knowledge;66
7.3.1;2.3.1 Afrika Bambaataa and the Universal Zulu Nation;66
7.3.1.1;2.3.1.1 The Beliefs of the Universal Zulu Nation;68
7.3.2;2.3.2 KRS One and the Temple of Hip Hop;73
7.3.2.1;2.3.2.1 The Hip Hop Declaration of Peace;73
7.3.2.2;2.3.2.2 The Gospel of Hip Hop;75
8;3. Black God. Nation of Islam and Nation of Gods and Earths;79
8.1;3.1 Mainstream Islam in the USA and popular culture;79
8.2;3.2 The Nation of Islam;81
8.2.1;3.2.1 Black nationalism;82
8.2.2;3.2.2 Moorish Science Temple of America;83
8.2.3;3.2.3 The formation of the Nation of Islam;84
8.2.3.1;3.2.3.1 Elijah Muhammad, the Messenger;85
8.2.3.2;3.2.3.2 Malcolm X;86
8.2.3.3;3.2.3.3 A turn towards mainstream Islam: Warith Deen Mohammed;88
8.2.3.4;3.2.3.4 Renewal. Louis Farrakhan;89
8.2.4;3.2.4 Theology of the Nation of Islam;91
8.2.4.1;3.2.4.1 Christianity, Islam and scripture;92
8.2.4.2;3.2.4.2 Creation. The Original Man;93
8.2.4.3;3.2.4.3 Eschatology;96
8.2.4.4;3.2.4.4 The Saviour;98
8.3;3.3 The Nation of Gods and Earths;100
8.3.1;3.3.1 The formation of the Nation of Gods and Earths;100
8.3.2;3.3.2 The Supreme Mathematics and Supreme Alphabet;102
8.3.2.1;3.3.2.1 Christianity, scripture and Islam;105
9;PART TWO;108
10;4. Walls of Memory. Graffiti as shared memory;110
10.1;4.1 Looking at Walls;112
10.1.1;4.1.1 Art Crimes;114
10.2;4.2 Culture on the wall;117
10.2.1;4.2.1 Walls celebrating ethnic culture;117
10.2.1.1;4.2.1.1 The People's Wall;118
10.2.1.2;4.2.1.2 Zapatismo Chiapas;120
10.2.1.3;4.2.1.3 Hijos de Borikén;124
10.2.2;4.2.2 Walls celebrating hip-hop culture;125
10.2.2.1;4.2.2.1 Females Hip Hop;125
10.2.2.2;4.2.2.2 Babes in Boyland;126
10.2.2.3;4.2.2.3 Harlem World;127
10.2.2.4;4.2.2.4 City scene with rappers;129
10.3;4.3 Walls of grief;131
10.3.1;4.3.1 Memorial graffiti and spontaneous memorials;131
10.3.1.1;4.3.1.1 Memorial graffiti in New York;134
10.3.1.2;4.3.1.2 Princess Ruby – In memory of a baby;135
10.3.1.3;4.3.1.3 Memorials for Willy and Carela;135
10.3.1.4;4.3.1.4 Two memorials by TRACY 168;137
10.3.2;4.3.2 Music celebrities – and a pope;139
10.3.2.1;4.3.2.1 Jam Master Jay and Big Pun;139
10.3.2.2;4.3.2.2 Tito Puente – and 9/11;140
10.3.2.3;4.3.2.3 and a pope;143
10.3.3;4.3.3 9/11 memorials;144
10.3.3.1;4.3.3.1 New York New York;145
10.3.3.2;4.3.3.2 Liberty in Tears;145
10.3.3.3;4.3.3.3 An allegory of love;146
10.3.3.4;Chapter Summary;147
11;5. Black Jesuz. Rap and Christianity;149
11.1;5.1 The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill;150
11.1.1;5.1.1 Autobiography, love and hip-hop;151
11.1.2;5.1.2 A scholar on the subject called theology;157
11.2;5.2 2Pac and Thug Theology;162
11.2.1;5.2.1 Life and death of 2Pac;162
11.2.2;5.2.2 Thug life;164
11.2.3;5.2.3 Thug philosophy;166
11.2.4;5.2.4 Towards a Thug Theology;170
11.2.4.1;5.2.4.1 Visions of Heaven;170
11.2.4.2;5.2.4.2 Black Jesuz;173
11.3;5.3 “Pump the Volume For Christ:” Christian Rap;178
11.3.1;5.3.1 Free At Last: dc Talk;179
11.3.1.1;5.3.1.1 Decent Christian Talk;179
11.3.1.2;5.3.1.2 Love, sex and marriage;181
11.3.1.3;5.3.1.3 Time and the World;182
11.3.2;5.3.2 Grits and the Art of Translation;183
11.3.2.1;5.3.2.1 Hip-hop is a God inspired art form;184
11.3.2.2;5.3.2.2 It Takes Love – marriage and broken relationships;185
11.3.2.3;5.3.2.3 Spiritual Struggle;187
11.3.2.4;5.3.2.4 The End;188
11.3.3;5.3.3 The Continued Mission of MC Ge Gee;189
11.3.3.1;5.3.3.1 A continued mission;190
11.3.3.2;5.3.3.2 Praise, love and trust;191
11.3.4;5.3.4 Femcee representative of Christ: Elle R.O.C;193
11.3.4.1;5.3.4.1 Breathing holy hip-hop every day;193
11.3.4.2;5.3.4.2 Faith, love and relations;194
11.3.4.3;5.3.4.3 Transformation through Christ;195
11.3.5;5.3.5 Hip-hop Church;196
11.3.5.1;5.3.5.1 HipHopEMass and the Hip Hop Prayer Book;197
11.3.5.2;Chapter Summary;199
12;6. Allah U Akbar. Rap and Islam;201
12.1;6.1 Walking with Farrakhan;202
12.1.1;6.1.1 Fear of a Black Planet: Public Enemy;202
12.1.1.1;6.1.1.1 Welcome to the Terrordome: Facing racism;203
12.1.1.2;6.1.1.2 She Watch Channel Zero: Sexist stereotypes;206
12.1.1.3;6.1.1.3 Message to a Blackman: Public Enemy and the Nation of Islam;208
12.2;6.2 Five Percenter Rap;212
12.2.1;6.2.1 In God We Trust: Brand Nubian;213
12.2.1.1;6.2.1.1 Concerto In X Minor: White racism and black nationalism;213
12.2.1.2;6.2.1.2 Always is a Queen: Gender roles and sexism;214
12.2.1.3;6.2.1.3 Ain't No Mystery. Five Percenter teachings;216
12.2.2;6.2.2 Enter the Wu-Tang: Wu-Tang Clan;220
12.2.2.1;6.2.2.1 Wu-Revolution;222
12.3;6.3 Women rappers and Islam;226
12.3.1;6.3.1 Welcome to the Pow Wow: Queen Yonasda;227
12.3.1.1;6.3.1.1 God, love and music;227
12.3.2;6.3.2 Baduizm: Erykah Badu;231
12.3.2.1;6.3.2.1 Food for thought;231
12.3.2.2;6.3.2.2 A New Amerykah;234
12.3.2.3;6.3.2.3 Hip-hop as healing;236
12.4;6.4 Rap and mainstream Islam;239
12.4.1;6.4.1 The Ecstatic Mos Def;242
12.4.1.1;6.4.1.1 Black on Both Sides – different meanings of black;243
12.4.1.2;6.4.1.2 Hip-hop, spirituality and Islam;246
12.4.1.3;Chapter summary;250
13;PART THREE;252
14;7. Remix;254
14.1;7.1 Mapping hip-hop spirituality;255
14.1.1;7.1.1 Types of hip-hop spirituality;255
14.1.2;7.1.2 Hip-hop spirituality as spirituality of liberation;257
14.2;7.2 Hybrid strategies for spiritual resistance;259
14.2.1;7.2.1 Doctrinal strategies of resistance;260
14.2.1.1;7.2.1.1 Survival in this world;260
14.2.1.2;7.2.1.2 Survival from this world;262
14.2.2;7.2.2 Cultural strategies of resistance;263
14.2.3;7.2.3 Experiential strategies of resistance;266
14.3;7.3 Bring the Noise. Subversive esthetic practices and spirituality;269
14.3.1;7.3.1 Subversion, noise, repetition and break;269
14.3.1.1;7.3.1.1 Subversive uses of technology;270
14.3.1.2;7.3.1.2 Noise;271
14.3.1.3;7.3.1.3 Repetition;273
14.3.1.4;7.3.1.4 The break;275
14.4;7.4 …and having fun. Outro;276
15;Acknowledgements;279
16;Sources;280
16.1;CD's;280
16.2;Literature;281
16.3;Websites;296
16.4;Video;297
17;Colorplates;298
17.1;List of illustrations;298
18;Index;318

Über Autor(innen)

Knauss, Stefanie
Dr. Stefanie Knauss ist zur Zeit Assistant Professor für Theologie an der Villanova University (USA).

Opsahl, Carl Petter
Carl Petter Opsahl, Ph.D., is Street Pastor at City Mission of Oslo and Professional musician.

Wyller, Trygve
Dr. theol. Trygve Wyller ist Professor für Praktische Theologie/Religionspädagogik an der Universität Oslo.

Heimbrock, Hans-Günter
Dr. päd. Hans-Günter Heimbrock ist Professor für Praktische Theologie am Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie der J. W. Goethe Universität Frankfurt a. M.

Pezzoli-Olgiati, Daria
Prof. Dr. Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati leitet das Zentrum für Religion, Wirtschaft und Politik (ZRWP) der Universitäten Basel, Lausanne, Luzern und Zürich.

Sander, Hans-Joachim
Dr. Hans-Joachim Sander ist Professor für Dogmatik an der Universität Salzburg.