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Contents Acknowledgments Prelude: Singing the Glory Down: What Is Southern Gospel Music? by Don Cusic Introduction: More than "Precious Memories" by Michael P. Graves and David Fillingim 1. Looking for a City: The Rhetorical Vision of Heaven in Southern Gospel Music by Scott Tucker 2. Oft Made to Wonder: Southern Gospel Music as Theodicy by David Fillingim 3. Southern Gospel Music vs. Contemporary Christian Music: Competing for the Soul of Evangelicalism by Robert M. McManus 4. "When Mama Prayed": An Exploration of Matriarchal Mentorship in Southern Gospel Families by Darlene R. Graves 5. Bridge over Troubled Gospel Waters: The Cross-Cultural Appeal of Thomas A. Dorsey's Signature Songs by Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas and Stephanie Howard (Asabi) 6. The Gaither Homecoming Videos and the Ceremonial Reinstatement of Southern Gospel Music Performers by Michael P. Graves 7. Evolving Rivers of Joy: Postmodernity and American Christian Culture by Raymond D. S. Anderson 8. Why Do They Love Southern Gospel Music? An Audience Study of the Bill Gaither Nostalgic Concert Video Presentations by J. D. Keeler 9. Southern Gospel and Its Home in Cyberspace by Paul A. Creasman 10. Polyphonic Criticism: Notes toward a Future Direction of SGM Studies by Naaman Wood Appendix: A Flight from Liminality: "Home" in Country and Gospel Music by David Fillingim List of Contributors Index
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Gospel music -- History and criticism.