Sangam: A Confluence of Knowledge Streams

RELEVANCE, SELF-DETERMINATION, AND UNIVERSALITY THROUGH ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S GOSPEL CHOIR

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dc.contributor Lie, Siv B.
dc.contributor Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.contributor University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
dc.contributor Music
dc.creator Visceglia, Victoria Lynn
dc.date 2019-06-22T05:41:41Z
dc.date 2019-06-22T05:41:41Z
dc.date 2019
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-20T08:39:26Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-20T08:39:26Z
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.13016/qr7t-c3gy
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1903/22224
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/117715
dc.description The Second Vatican Council provided ample opportunity for individual Catholic parishes to choose music that suited their congregations and contribute to the “Universal Church” through their particularity. St. Augustine Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. formed a gospel choir in light of this newfound freedom. Based on about one year of participant observation, this thesis analyzes the Gospel Choir’s role in making the Mass more relevant and interactive for parishioners. Singers maintain certain practices and ideals of the Church that they know make their ministry more effective while acknowledging the shortcomings of Catholicism at an institutional level. They animate listeners to respond dialogically with the Mass, allowing their lived experiences to inform their spiritual transformations. After more than 40 years, the Gospel Choir continues to navigate the boundaries between sacred and secular, Catholic and Protestant, and contrasting conceptions of African American identity.
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dc.language en
dc.subject Cultural anthropology
dc.subject Music
dc.subject Black
dc.subject Catholic
dc.subject Ethnomusicology
dc.subject Gospel
dc.subject Mediation
dc.title RELEVANCE, SELF-DETERMINATION, AND UNIVERSALITY THROUGH ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S GOSPEL CHOIR
dc.type Thesis


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