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Paperback When the Church Becomes Your Party: Contemporary Gospel Music Book

ISBN: 0814332188

ISBN13: 9780814332184

When the Church Becomes Your Party: Contemporary Gospel Music

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In When the Church Becomes Your Party, author Deborah Smith Pollard assesses contemporary gospel music as the genre enters the twenty-first century. She argues that although the flashy clothing, informal language, and elaborate stage presentation found in some of the newest gospel music might not be what some worshippers expect, this new aesthetic rests on the same Christian principles as more traditional forms and actually extends its message...

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