It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read Downhome Gospel by Jerrilyn McGregory
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Jerrilyn McGregory explores sacred music and spiritual activism in a little-known region of the South, the Wiregrass Country of Georgia, Alabama, and North Florida. She examines African American sacred music outside of Sunday church-related activities, showing that singing conventions and anniversary programs fortify spiritual as well as social needs. In this region African Americans maintain a social world of their own creation. Their cultural performances embrace some of the most pervasive forms of African American sacred music—spirituals, common meter, Sacred Harp, shape-note, traditional,...
Downhome Gospel by Jerrilyn McGregory is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.
This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Downhome Gospel aloud.
Downhome Gospel is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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