A Sacred Storm considers how hip hop was a church-like experience for Black youth and young adults in the '90s: "The MC was the preacher," writes Jones. "The DJ was the worship host. The B-Boys, break-dancers, and pop-lockers were the liturgical dancers."
Jones shares the parallel wisdom he learned through the worlds of hip hop and church: the good news of “can’t stop, won’t stop” preached by hip hop in socioeconomic turbulence, and the good news of God’s unstoppable compassion in the wake of life's disruptions.
A Sacred Storm considers how hip hop was a church-like experience for Black youth and young adults in the '90s: "The MC was the preacher," writes Jones. "The DJ was the worship host. The B-Boys, break-dancers, and pop-lockers were the liturgical dancers."
Jones shares the parallel wisdom he learned through the worlds of hip hop and church: the good news of “can’t stop, won’t stop” preached by hip hop in socioeconomic turbulence, and the good news of God’s unstoppable compassion in the wake of life's disruptions.
Christopher Michael Jones is an educator, practical theologian, grassroots organizer, and formerly a multi-platinum record producer known as Chris Large. He serves as Senior Pastor at First Baptist Church of Hillside (NJ).
Paperback: 168 pages
ISBN 978-0-8298-0082-1
2024