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The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere
Posted on October 24, 2011 - 9:49am — vwengerThe Power of Religion in the Public Sphere represents a rare opportunity to experience a diverse group of preeminent philosphers confronting one pervasive contemporary concern; what role does -- or should -- religion play in our public lives?

The End Of The Jews
Posted on August 10, 2011 - 2:06pm — abipolinskyThe story of a family of artists who realize, too late, one elemental truth: Creation's necessary consequence is destruction.
Hip Hop's Inheritance
Posted on June 23, 2011 - 11:13am — abipolinskyHip Hop's Inheritance arguably offers the first book-length treatment of what hip hop culture has, literally, inherited from the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts movement, t

The Soul of Hip Hop
Posted on January 19, 2011 - 9:21am — AlvinBCarter3What is Hip Hop? Hip hop speaks in a voice that is sometimes gruff, sometimes enraged, sometimes despairing, sometimes hopeful. Hip hop is the voice of forgotten streets laying claim to the high life of rims and timbs and threads and bling.

Hip-Hop Is Not Our Enemy
Posted on September 15, 2010 - 10:39am — akadagathurIt is easy to condemn hip-hop for the condition of our society, but as we condemn our own young people for being who they are, what role do we play in making them who they are, and what do we have to offer them as an alternative to who they are? Hip-Hop Is Not Our Enemy is an insider's critique of the Black church's role and responsibility in co-opting hip-hop culture.

My Enemy's Enemy
Posted on October 29, 2009 - 1:35pm — akadagathur
The Tao of Wu
Posted on October 21, 2009 - 1:30pm — cfree412A unique book of wisdom and experience that reaches from the most violent slums of New York City to the highest planes of spiritual thought by the RZA, hip-hop's most exalted wise man.

Ethnicity, Inc.
Posted on September 25, 2009 - 9:36am — sfayeleIn Ethnicity, Inc., John L. and Jean Comaroff explore a range of intriguing, disturbing, even absurd phenomena to analyze a new moment in the history of human identity: its rampant commodification.

Daniel's RIde
Posted on September 16, 2009 - 12:44pm — sfayeleA small Latino boy goes for a ride in big brother Hector's '63 Impala convertible "complete with spider hydraulics and gold wire wheels." Daniel snaps his fingers to the loud boom-boom of the radio, loves the look and even the smell of the car, and when he's spotted his peers as he zooms by, he knows he's "gonna be the coolest kid in school." But-big brother has a bigger plan i

Rhythm of Resistance
Posted on September 16, 2009 - 11:57am — sfayeleRhythm of Resistance crosses the forbidden boundaries of apartheid and looks at the sorrow and joy of Black South African music. Music that had been ignored, censored or suppressed comes alive in unforgettable moments, often filmed clandestinely.
