Is contemporary Black British gospel music a coloniality? What
theological message is really conveyed in these songs? In this
book, Robert Beckford shows how the Black British contemporary
gospel music tradition is in crisis because its songs continue to
be informed by colonial Christian ideas about God. Beckford
explores the failure of both African and African Caribbean heritage
Churches to Decolonise their faith, especially the doctrine of God,
biblical interpretation and Black ontology. This predicament has
left song leaders, musicians and songwriters with a reservoir of
ideas that aim to disavow engagement with the social-historical
world, black Biblical interpretation and the necessity of loving
blackness. This book is decolonisation through praxis. Reflecting
on the conceptual social justice album ‘The Jamaican Bible
Remix’ (2017) as a communicative resource, Beckford shows how to
develop production tools to inscribe decolonial theological thought
onto Black British music(s). The outcome of this process is the
creation of a decolonial contemporary gospel music genre. The
impact of the album is demonstrated through case studies in
national and international contexts.
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