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A precious fountain : music in the worship of an African American Catholic community / Mary E. McGann.

By: McGann, Mary E
Material type: TextTextSeries: Virgil Michel series: Publisher: Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: xxxiv, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0814662072 (pbk : alk. paper)Subject(s): Catholic Church -- United States -- Liturgy | Catholic Church -- United States -- Hymns | African American CatholicsDDC classification: 264/.0202/08996073 LOC classification: BX1407.B63 | M343 2004Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-320) and index.
Contents:
"Having a good time in the Lord!" (enjoying worship) -- "I needed that song!" (rhythms of life and liturgy) -- "Take your time!" (musicians and their craft) -- Intermezzo : time -- "I've been a guest of the Almighty!" (brother banks) -- Lourdes' miracles (growing up in the church) -- "When I hear my Savior say, 'welcome home!'" (being home) -- Intermezzo : space -- "It's about a message!" (singing the gospel) -- "Preach it!" (an oral/aural art) -- "Lord, help me to hold out!" (mosaics of sound and meaning) -- Intermezzo : words -- "Having church" (being church) -- "Lord, let your spirit fall on me!" (spirit-directed worship) -- "Oh, Lord, how excellent!" (movement toward communion) -- Intermezzo : flow -- Rhythms of the body, rhythms of the spirit (a God who loves singing and dancing) -- "Dig down deep!" (women leaders) -- "The spirit incorporates the body" (a vision of communal life) -- Intermezzo: embodiment -- Speaking theologically -- Epilogue: Our Lady of Lourdes.

"A Pueblo book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-320) and index.

"Having a good time in the Lord!" (enjoying worship) -- "I needed that song!" (rhythms of life and liturgy) -- "Take your time!" (musicians and their craft) -- Intermezzo : time -- "I've been a guest of the Almighty!" (brother banks) -- Lourdes' miracles (growing up in the church) -- "When I hear my Savior say, 'welcome home!'" (being home) -- Intermezzo : space -- "It's about a message!" (singing the gospel) -- "Preach it!" (an oral/aural art) -- "Lord, help me to hold out!" (mosaics of sound and meaning) -- Intermezzo : words -- "Having church" (being church) -- "Lord, let your spirit fall on me!" (spirit-directed worship) -- "Oh, Lord, how excellent!" (movement toward communion) -- Intermezzo : flow -- Rhythms of the body, rhythms of the spirit (a God who loves singing and dancing) -- "Dig down deep!" (women leaders) -- "The spirit incorporates the body" (a vision of communal life) -- Intermezzo: embodiment -- Speaking theologically -- Epilogue: Our Lady of Lourdes.

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