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Urban God Talk: Constructing a Hip Hop Spirituality, edited by Andre Johnson, is a collection of essays that examine the religious and spiritual in hip hop. The contributors argue that the prevailing narrative that hip hop offers nothing in the way of religion and spirituality is false. From its beginning, hip hop has had a profound spirituality and advocates religious views--and while not orthodox or systemic, nevertheless, many in traditional orthodox religions would find the theological and spiritual underpinnings in hip hop comforting, empowering, and liberating. In addition, this volume...

"A child brutalized, a family destroyed, a community wounded...but the story doesn't end there..." The summer of 1973-the time when Michael Johnson's life was struck by tragedy. The life of an innocent nine-year-old boy growing up in Charleston, SC was horrifically transformed by an act of rape by a stranger. This book is the first in a series describing his life after rape. Watch the effects the rape had on his life, his mind, his family, and his actions. A sense of vengeance and drug use led Michael in-and-out of incarceration, rehabilitation facilities, and mental institutions. Drugs...

While Ellison was exceptional in many respects, the story of his life sheds light on the collective experience of African Americans in the antebellum South to whom he remained bound by race. His family history emphasizes the fine line separating freedom from slavery.