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Taylor, Marsha Natalie. "Shoutin: The Dance of the Black Church," American Studies, Case Western Reserve University, August 1997.
Scholars and observers have long recounted the manner of worship by American slaves. At the heart of their worship experience was the Ring Shout, a sacred dance performed in a circle that moved dramatically counter-clockwise. The dance signified a holy state for the participants. To observers, this style of worship was then, and is often still considered an inappropriate means of holiness. Yet, “shoutin’” is an enduring and distinctive religious expression of African Americans. This dissertation introduces a new model with which its survival can be interpreted.
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