# Gospel

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Category: Music
Slides: 30
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:43.780Z
Tags: music, gospel

## Summary

Gospel is Black sacred music — the descendant of the spirituals, the parent of soul, the working tradition of the Black American church for nearly a century. Key sections include: Go spel.; Opening What gospel is.; Chapter I The spirituals.; Chapter II The Pentecostal turn.; Chapter III The founder.; Chapter IV The voice.; Chapter V Four voices.; Chapter VI The crossover.; Chapter VII The mass tradition.; Chapter VIII Soul-gospel..

## Slide Outline

1. Go spel.
2. Opening What gospel is.
3. Chapter I The spirituals.
4. Chapter II The Pentecostal turn.
5. Chapter III The founder.
6. Chapter IV The voice.
7. Chapter V Four voices.
8. Chapter VI The crossover.
9. Chapter VII The mass tradition.
10. Chapter VIII Soul-gospel.
11. Chapter IX The 1970s-1990s.
12. Chapter X Gospel hip-hop.
13. Chapter XI Contemporary gospel.
14. Chapter XII Where gospel went.
15. Chapter XIII The theology.
16. Chapter XIV Music as movement.
17. Chapter XV The instrument.
18. Chapter XVI The canon.
19. Chapter XVII The economics.
20. Chapter XVIII The contested ground.
21. Chapter XIX Gospel beyond America.
22. Chapter XX Where it goes.
23. Chapter XXI Twenty-five works.
24. Chapter XXII Watch & read.
25. Chapter XXIII If you want to learn it.
26. Chapter XXIV Why it matters.
27. Chapter XXV The next decade.
28. Addendum Glossary of gospel terms.
29. Addendum Where to hear gospel.
30. The end of the deck.

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