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I Gotta Testify: Kanye West, Hip Hop, and the Church
Joshua K. Wright, Adria Y. Goldman, and VaNatta S. Ford

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Foreword
Joshua K. Wright

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Introduction - Enigma Embodied: The Curious Complexity of Kanye West
Daniel White Hodge

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Meditation - On Millennials, Hip Hop, and Faith
Larrin Robertson

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The Prosperity Gospels of Superstardom: Kanye’s Philosophy
Catherine John, Leroy Myers, and Zachary Leacock

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Meditation – Yeezy’s (Impossible) Love in Fugitivity’s Strings: A Meditation on “Runaway”
James Manigault-Bryant and LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant

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Meditation - “Ultralight Beam”: The Gospel According to Kanye West
Jeffrey McCune

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Yeezus Is Jesuz: Examining the Socio-Hermeneutical Transmediated Images of Jesus Employed by Kanye West
Daniel White Hodge

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Meditation - Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks,” Black Suffering, and the Problem of Evil
Angela M. Nelson

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I’m so Self-Conscious: Kanye West’s Rhetorical Wrestling with Theodicy and Nihilism
Conā S. M. Marshall

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Meditation – We Killed Kanye: A Manifesto to the Old Kanye Fans
Tari Wariebi

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Poem - Untitled
Jasmine Mans

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Poem – Footnotes for Kanye
Jasmine Mans

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For Colored Girls and Boys Who Have Considered Suicide/ When Prayer and GOOD Music Weren’t Enough
Joshua K. Wright

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Meditation - Losing Kanye
Cynthia Estremera

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“How Great:” Reflections on Kanye’s Best Prodigy, Chance the Rapper
Joshua K. Wright

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Meditation from Rev. Nathaniel Yates, Metropolitan Youth Pastor
Nathaniel Yates

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Closing Thoughts
VaNatta S. Ford and Adria Y. Goldman

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