The power of music: creating new boundaries in a Pentecostal church
In this article, I examine how youth in a black, storefront church find spaces to maneuver and exert power in their small churches. In their fun‑damental Pentecostal church, youth are relegated to areas of music and worship. Youth in this study use musical spaces to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ed. Mackenzie
2015
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Ciências da religião história e sociedade
Year: 2015, Volume: 13, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-200 |
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Gospel Music
B Black spiritual songs B Pentecostal youth B religious youth B Storefront church |
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| Summary: | In this article, I examine how youth in a black, storefront church find spaces to maneuver and exert power in their small churches. In their fun‑damental Pentecostal church, youth are relegated to areas of music and worship. Youth in this study use musical spaces to take control of their churches and to defy spatial rules and norms. Music is especially important for young women who are denied traditional positions of leadership be‑cause of their sex. This article is part of a larger project in which I spent over two years as a participant observer in two storefront churches in Trenton, NJ. Through qualitative methods such as interviews, focus groups, observations, and participation, I attempted to understand the unique practice of Pentecostals by young people and examine how it con‑trasts with the practice of previous generations. |
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| ISSN: | 1980-9425 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ciências da religião história e sociedade
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