An eternal pitch : Bishop G. E. Patterson, broadcast religion, and the afterlives of ecstasy /

Gespeichert von Joseph Hafner am 11 April, 2025 - 11:12

Medientyp:

Book

Autoren:

Shelley, Braxton D.,

Quelle:

University of California Press,, Volume 2, Oakland, California, United States, p.xxviii, 224 pages : (2023)

Signatur:

ML3178.P4

Schlüsselwörter:

Aspect religieux., Christianity, Christianity., Church music, Diapason, Églises pentecôtistes, Églises pentecôtistes., fast, Liturgie., Liturgy, liturgy., Musical pitch, Musique d'église, Pentecostal churches, Pentecostal churches., Religious aspects., Religious broadcasting

Hinweise:

Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue -- Introduction -- Broadcast religion -- Broadcast medium -- Broadcast grammar -- Broadcast frequency, or the politics of key -- Broadcast ensemble : The logic of the prayer cloth -- Eternal life : An epilogue"An Eternal Pitch examines the life and afterlife of the vivid sermons of Bishop G. E. Patterson, the dynamic spiritual leader of the Church of God in Christ from 2000 to 2007. Although Patterson died in 2007, his voice remains a staple of radio and television broadcast, and his sermons have taken on a life of their own online--where a host of YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok users enact innovative forms of religious broadcasting. Their preoccupation with Patterson's 'afterliveness' clarifies the significance of Patterson's preoccupation with musical repetition: across the decades of Patterson's ministry, a set of musical gestures recur as sonic channels, bringing an individual sermon into contact with scripture's eternal transmission"--