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Images of the African American Worship Experience
Bulfinch
April 2006
160 pages
ISBN: 0821257900
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Non-Fiction
Soul Sanctuary is the first
photographic book to capture the essence and rhythms of the
black Christian church. It is a multidenominational journey
into the heart of the black worship experience. Photographer
Jason Miccolo Johnson traveled across the country, visiting
small rural and urban storefront churches and large
inner-city and suburban megachurches, taking some 15,000
photographs, 165 of which are included in the book.
Soul Sanctuary captures the spirit
of the black church through arresting images of congregants'
facial expressions and body language, their uniforms and
dress, and the dignity of their worship. Baptisms, weddings,
funerals, annual day celebrations, ecstatic soloists, choir
directors, prophetic preachers, angelic liturgical dancers,
and peaceful moments of prayer and praise are captured in
Johnson's intimate photographs.
Evocative essays by church leaders and noted theologians
speak to the pictures and set the stage for a "visual call
and response" reminiscent of turning the pages in a precious
family album. Selected quotes from the Bible and from some
of the subjects themselves add a soulful and personal
dimension to the book.
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE BOOK
BISHOP JOHN HURST ADAMS is an adjunct
professor at Candler Seminary, Emory University, in Atlanta,
Georgia. In 2004, the former president of Paul Quinn College
retired as the senior bishop of the A.M.E. Church after
fifty-four years in the ministry.
REV. DR. CARDES H. BROWN, JR., has served in the
ministry for nearly forty years, during which he has
pastored several North Carolina churches. He is the pastor
of the New Light Missionary Baptist Church in Greensboro,
North Carolina.
DR. CAIN HOPE FELDER is professor of New Testament
Language and Literature and editor of the Journal of
Religious Thought at the Howard University School of
Divinity in Washington, D.C. He is the author of the
bestselling book Troubling Biblical Waters.
REV. DR. H. BEECHER HICKS, JR., is the senior pastor
of the six-thousand-member Metropolitan Baptist Church in
Washington, D.C. A prolific writer and much sought after
speaker, he has been recognized by Ebony magazine as
one of America's "Fifteen Greatest African American
Preachers."
REV. DR. LAWRENCE N. JONES is the former dean of
Howard University School of Divinity. He is an ordained
minister in the United Congregational Church of Christ. Rev.
Jones has served congregations in West Salem, Ohio;
Nashville, Tennessee; New York City; and Washington,
D.C.
GORDON PARKS is a writer, filmmaker, poet, musician,
and photographer who spent over twenty years at LIFE
magazine and is considered among the most esteemed image
makers of our time.
BARBRANDA LUMPKINS WALLS spent thirteen years as an
editor at USA Today and was managing editor at
Heart & Soul, a healthy lifestyles magazine for
African American women, and then programming director for
AOL Black Voices.
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