Hip Hop and Religion: Gangsta Rap's Christian Rhetoric

This article analyzes gangsta rap discourse through the lens of rhetorical studies to reveal central features of its Christian religious ethos. The religious rhetorical output of many gangsta rappers, both textual and visual, reveals a religious ethos containing a form of religious phronesis (practi...

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Main Author: Tinajero, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Saskatchewan [2013]
In: Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2013, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 315-332
Further subjects:B Rap
B Struggle
B Religion
B Christianity
B gangsta
B Black
B African America
B Music
B Rhetoric
B Suffering
B Phronesis
B Inner city
B Hip Hop
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