The Diffusion of Black Gospel Music in Postmodern Denmark

ISBN-13: 9781609470043 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 208 str.

Mark Lewis

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During the past two decades, a secondary movement has been sweeping across Europe and Australia, and is now taking root in East Asian countries, such as Japan and China. The source of this phenomenon is African-American, or Black gospel music. While churches, which otherwise are sparsely attended during worship services fill up when gospel music is on the agenda, larger events, such as gospel festivals, are packing concert halls with couple thousand. This places gospel music among one of the more marketable and popular music genres in all of Denmark. In a country with a population of only five million residents, the number of people amassing around this African-American Christian music form is thought-provoking. This book explores this new phenomenon. Mark Lewis, a PhD graduate of Asbury's School of World Mission, and a Methodist pastor serving in Denmark.