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Editors' Introduction
No full textIn the editors' introduction, the scope of the volume is laid out for a broad readership. The editors present the concept of the book, which covers five decades of scholarship, historical source texts and literary and cultural production from the six Caribbean islands of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the broad terrain of gender studies. The selection of texts foregrounds voices from the region and features key texts that illuminate the diversity and complexity of gender history, culture and politics in these islands
R.M. Simmons presentation, Rena Smart book review
No full textR.M. Simmons of the Gospel Music Workshop of America gives a presentation on the African influence in the African American religious experience. He explains how African slaves brought to America their concept of music (utilitarian concept of music). Simmons further discusses the fusion between the utilitarian concept and the Western concept of religion resulting in spirituals. He also describes hymn categories in early forms of formal African American worship experiences. Simmons takes questions from the audience among which is Dr. Riggins Earl Jr. Video concludes with a book review on Christian Theology and Ethics by Rena Smart.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
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