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Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Volume 5, Issue 1 (2018) Hip Hop and Religion And...

Journal of Hip Hop Studies

Cover, Editors and Editorial Board, Sponsors

Foreword
Cassandra D. Chaney

Table of Contents

Introduction: "Ain’t It Evil to Live Backwards?": A Hip Hop Perspective of Religion
Travis T. Harris and Cassandra D. Chaney

"Is There a Heaven for a Gangsta?": Hip Hop, Spirituality, and Heaven
Cassandra D. Chaney

Hip Hop Hermeneutics: How the Culture Influences Preachers
Dwight A. Radcliff Jr.

Hip Hop, Religion and the Youth of Romania: A Preliminary Study
Oana Alexandra Chirilă and Cassandra D. Chaney

The Messianic Zeal: A Case of Radical Aesthetics in Black Cultural Production
Daniel L. Williams

Kendrick Lamar’s Collapsing of Hip Hop Realness and Christian Identity
Matthew Linder

From Yeezus to Pablo: An Existential Theology between God, Blackness, and Being
Shea Watts

Book Review – In Search of Soul: Hip-Hop, Literature, and Religion by Alejandro Nava
Waqas Mirza

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