The Hum: Call and Response in African American Preaching

Name: The Hum: Call and Response in African American Preaching
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ISBN: 9780687180202

By: Evans Crawford

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"From the Publisher:" Analyzes ways in which African American congregations evaluate preaching as an oral event.

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Title: The Hum: Call and Response in African American Preaching
By: Evans Crawford
Format: Paperback
Vendor: Abingdon Press
Publication Date: 1995
Dimensions: 8.5 X 5.5 (inches)

Weight: 5 ounces
ISBN: 0687180201
ISBN-13: 9780687180202
Series: Abingdon Preacher's Library
Stock No: WW7180201

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In The Hum: Call and Response in African Preaching, Evans E. Crawford, with Thomas H. Troeger, relates his analysis of African American folk preaching by relying upon an indigenous scheme for evaluation. The call/response tension in black preaching (derived from a West African tradition) is what drives the musicality of speech in black churches. Crawford refers to this musicality as "hum thoughts" and one can imagine the choir responding with a low rumbling hum to the musical intonations of a motivated preacher. Key features: a new volume in the Abingdon Preacher's Library, edited by Thomas H. Troeger; a different approach to preaching, firmly rooted in the black experience; leads the reader to understand preaching as an oral event; uses the term "homiletical musicality" to describe the musical understanding of the way sermons are heard and the oral response they awaken in the listener; and, coins new phrases for describing the preaching event.