"When It's All Over: African American Homegoing Celebrations"University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1996 - 214 pages |
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Page 53
... songs such as " Take My Hand , Precious Lord " and " I Shall Wear a Crown " resonate at African American celebrations giving the mourners the avenue to release their grief while listening to the words of the songs . Songs according to ...
... songs such as " Take My Hand , Precious Lord " and " I Shall Wear a Crown " resonate at African American celebrations giving the mourners the avenue to release their grief while listening to the words of the songs . Songs according to ...
Page 65
... songs from the standpoint that her overcoming tuberculosis was her first miracle of faith that " God Is A Good God ... song which " reflects the conditions and consciousness of its audience , no more , no less . " 157 The song implies ...
... songs from the standpoint that her overcoming tuberculosis was her first miracle of faith that " God Is A Good God ... song which " reflects the conditions and consciousness of its audience , no more , no less . " 157 The song implies ...
Page 100
... songs , " 99 and a half Won't Do , " stressed the goal of every Christian going to Heaven . The biblical teaching of endurance implied in the song makes one hundred the desired the goal for Heaven , not 99 and a half . In spite of ...
... songs , " 99 and a half Won't Do , " stressed the goal of every Christian going to Heaven . The biblical teaching of endurance implied in the song makes one hundred the desired the goal for Heaven , not 99 and a half . In spite of ...
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According African American funeral African American homegoing African and African African worldview theology American homegoing celebrations American homegoing services American homegoing traditions Annie Mae Johnson Anthony Heilbut attire belief system bereavement Biblical Black Church Black preacher Brown County burial casket ceremony Charles Durant Christian African Americans Coevolution Quarterly color continuity of African Cornel West Crissman cultural continuity cultural practices deceased demonstrative expression display dress Elaine Nichols emotions enslaved Africans Eric Lincoln eulogy Euro-American European family and friends family members Felder final funeral home Funeral Traditions Gospel music grandmother grandmother's hair wreaths Heaven honor Jindra John Mbiti living loved Masamba and Kalish Mbiti writes Mother Evans mourners mourning Orleans Jazz Funerals performative elements Precious Lord presence of family processional religion represented ritual Ron Brown singing Sis Fannie Sis Fannie's slavery song South Carolina spiritual spoken word survivors Sybil Kein Take My Hand wake Washington West African wore Yoruba