Overview

Dub is the process whereby a reggae musician takes apart a record and transforms it into a new sound. In Rastafarian culture dub is a political and spiritual practice, creating radically enriched reworkings of commercial tracks. Jesus, says Robert Beckford, exemplifies dub. He transforms scripture, and works the existing world into new structures and meanings. When Jesus preaches, hypocrisy and failure change into compassion and forgiveness. The hearer of Jesus dub is always enhanced and renewed. Jesus Dub sets up a dialogue between dub and Christianity to propose a more inclusive theology for everyone. Engaging with the Black church and Black society, the 'crack age', hip-hop theology and TV, it offers dub as a tool in which Christians can find new empowerment and purpose.

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Author:   Robert Beckford (University of Birmingham, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780415310185

ISBN 10:   0415310180
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   27 April 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: sound clash: theology, culture and the Black Atlantic PART 1 Church hall, dancehall and resistance 1 Theorising the politics of sound 2 Diasporic dialogue: the emergence of sound systems and Pentecostal churches 3 The set and the spirit: dancehall and church hall as cultural resistance PART 2 Dub, interpretation and Christology 4 The gospel of dub: origins and development 5 Dub hermeneutics: form and content 6 Jesus dub 7 Echo chamber: dialogue with William (Lez) Henry PART 3 Dub, theology and social change 8 Spirit dub: towards heteroglossia 9 Prosperity dub: commonwealth economics Conclusion: theology and culture dub

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Robert Beckford teaches at the University of Birmingham, in the department of American and Canadian Studies. He has written several books in the field of Black theology and Black culture in Britain, including God and the Gangs (2004), God of the Rahtid (2003), Dread and the Pentecostal (2000) and Jesus is Dread (1998). As well as writing and teaching, Robert is a British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) award-winning documentary presenter, working with Channel 4 television.

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