Product Description

Engaging with the Black church and Black society, the ‘crack age’, hip-hop theology and TV, this radical and cutting-edge Christian message presents dub as a tool in which Christians can find new empowerment and purpose.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #875998 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From the Back Cover

Dub is an act of deconstruction, where a reggae musician takes apart the key elements of a music track, and repositions them, transforming the original, enabling new ways of hearing and understanding. Dub is not neutral, it enriches music with political, spiritual and cultural influences, challenging the establishment.

Jesus Dub is Robert Beckford’s exploration of the dialogue between two central institutions in African Caribbean life: the church and the dancehall. Beckford shows how Dub, one of the central features of dancehall culture, can be mobilised as a framework for re-evaluating theology, taking apart doctrine and reconstructing it under the influence of a guiding theme. Engaging with the social and cultural heritage which informs Christian African Caribbean culture, including the influence of slavery, Revival Christianity and working class Jamaican life; Black theology; and music ranging from post-war Sound System to American Hip Hop, Jesus Dub is an exploration of how throughout history, music and faith have been transformed in response to racialised oppression. Finally, Beckford demonstrates that dub style appears in the teachings of Jesus, and that dub is a tool which can provide new ways of envisaging and practising spiritual gifts and financial giving, proposing a more inclusive theology for everyone.