L90 AFAS 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Phonograph
24 Oct 2016
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Religious education: an attempt to transmit one"s faith to pass along an agreed body of knowledge and set of practices, the rationale that underlies it, particularly through theological discourse about deity/god. Education most often denotes religious commitments and certain assumptions as true. Not to endorse it, or evaluate its truth or claims, but to understand/examine its overlaps with religious practices, american ideologies of race/gender/class/values that continue to challenge democratic ideals. How religious adherents bring these religious beliefs/practices to bare on their understanding of the world /knowledge/daily lived practices. Contingency- it"s not destiny, its individuals and events that shape history. Preaching on wax; the phonograph and the shaping of modern african american. Fear commercial entertainment home entertainment used in presidential campaigns. 1940: 87% of white homes had radio, 43% of black homes had radio. First popular records recorded by blacks for blacks are mostly recorded by black women; folk/blues/jazz music.
