Networking the Black Church

“An extremely important addition to the field; I dare say this book should be considered in the canon of twenty-first century Black and Religious studies.” - Daniel White Hodge, author of Hip Hop’s Hostile Gospel: A Post-Soul Theological Exploration “In this impressive new book, Gault illustrates how young Black Christians, through the lens of hip hop, are changing the game and flipping the script as it relates to church, worship, music, and theological meaning, seeking out other spaces and places to celebrate and perform their religiosity.” - Andre E. Johnson, the University of Memphis “A breath of fresh air for Black church studies and an excellent and important contribution to the field of African American Religion. Gault takes the cultural production of Black youth to be a serious Black epistemology, revealing the impact of collective cultural memory as well as the fissures and ruptures of the Black Church.” - Johari Jabir, University of Illinois Chicago

Erika D. Gault is Assistant Professor in the Africana Studies Program at the University of Arizona and co-editor of Beyond Christian Hip Hop: Towards Christians and Hip Hop. She is a scholar, poet, and ordained elder whose justice-centered work blends research, art, and religion to advocate for the rights of young Black people.