{"product_id":"over-my-head-paperback-5","title":"Over My Head - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa M. Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver My Head: The Power of Ancestral Music to Future the Black Church explores how sacred music genres of the Black church (Spirituals, hymns, and gospel music) have functioned historically as spiritual technologies, empowering African-descended peoples to navigate their lives through and beyond perilous circumstances while helping maintain connections, however tenuous, to ancestral spirituality. Employing an Afrofuturist lens, the author examines the origin and evolution of these genres and posits how their creation and performance employ core elements of imagination, improvisation, and adaptability--ancestral spiritual technologies that can help African and African-descended Christian communities \"\"vision\"\" themselves into generative, hope-filled futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLisa Allen, is an Emmy-award winning pastor, professor, and public theologian. She is professor of worship, music, and spirituality at Methodist Theological School in Ohio. She has over forty years of experience as an educator, liturgist, and church musician. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe OneWord Worship Model: A New Paradigm for Church Worship Planning\u003c\/i\u003e (2023) and \u003ci\u003eA Womanist Theology of Worship: Liturgy, Justice, and Communal Righteousness \u003c\/i\u003e(2021).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47378670747897,"sku":"9781666784848","price":25.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/LDBth2M9S59781666784848.webp?v=1770047002","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/over-my-head-paperback-5","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}