Braxton D Shelley
Biographic Data
| ID | 1129320 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Braxton D Shelley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Braxton D |
| FAMILY NAME | Shelley |
| SIGNATURE | SHELLEY B D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras
Higher Ground: Rev. Dr. William Barber II and the Political Content of Prophetic Form
This essay argues that Rev. Dr. William J. Barber’s message on “Higher Ground,” a speech delivered at a massive 2014 protest rally, reveals his intentional problematization of distinctions between the sacred and the secular. As Barber’s articulation of what Ashon Crawley calls “Blackpentecostal breath” spill over the boundaries posited by conventional categories—they are too ecstatic to be ordinary speeches, and too political to be traditional se…
Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility
A book review is presented for Ashon T. Crawley, Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility. New York: Fordham University Press, 2017. 320 pp
I Love It When You Play that Holy Ghost Chord: Sounding Sacramentality in the Black Gospel Tradition
This essay argues that the distinctive aesthetic practices of many African American Christian congregations, indexed by the phrase "the Black gospel tradition", are shaped by a sacramentality of sound. I contend that the role music routinely plays in the experience of the holy uncovers sanctity in the sound itself, enabling it to function as a medium of interworldly exchange. As divine power takes an audible form, the faith that "comes by hearing…
I Love It When You Play that Holy Ghost Chord: Sounding Sacramentality in the Black Gospel Tradition
This essay argues that the distinctive aesthetic practices of many African American Christian congregations, indexed by the phrase "the Black gospel tradition", are shaped by a sacramentality of sound. I contend that the role music routinely plays in the experience of the holy uncovers sanctity in the sound itself, enabling it to function as a medium of interworldly exchange. As divine power takes an audible form, the faith that "comes by hearing…
Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility
A book review is presented for Ashon T. Crawley, Blackpentecostal Breath: The Aesthetics of Possibility. New York: Fordham University Press, 2017. 320 pp
I Love It When You Play that Holy Ghost Chord: Sounding Sacramentality in the Black Gospel Tradition
This essay argues that the distinctive aesthetic practices of many African American Christian congregations, indexed by the phrase "the Black gospel tradition", are shaped by a sacramentality of sound. I contend that the role music routinely plays in the experience of the holy uncovers sanctity in the sound itself, enabling it to function as a medium of interworldly exchange. As divine power takes an audible form, the faith that "comes by hearing…
Higher Ground: Rev. Dr. William Barber II and the Political Content of Prophetic Form
This essay argues that Rev. Dr. William J. Barber’s message on “Higher Ground,” a speech delivered at a massive 2014 protest rally, reveals his intentional problematization of distinctions between the sacred and the secular. As Barber’s articulation of what Ashon Crawley calls “Blackpentecostal breath” spill over the boundaries posited by conventional categories—they are too ecstatic to be ordinary speeches, and too political to be traditional se…
When Sunday Comes: Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras
Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Gospel (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Music History and Culture (2 works) · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)