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Gospel
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
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1997
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Gospel (Gk.,
euangelion; OE,
godspel, ‘good news’).
1. The content of Christian preaching.
2. A book containing sayings and stories of Jesus. Since there was only one Good News, the four separate gospels in the New Testament were distinguished as ‘according to’
Matthew,
Mark,
Luke, and
John.
3. The reading from the gospels in the Christian
eucharist.
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 "The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)")
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GOSPEL MUSIC FILLS CINCINNATI THIS WEEK.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 8/11/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Huba Post staff reporter To hear good gospel music in Cincinnati requires little more...There's a huge market for it,'' said gospel singer Charles Fold, a Grammy Award...Cincinnati has become ground zero for the gospel music industry. The Gospel Music Workshop...
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Chicago Gospel Festival // A Guide to Grant Park Celebration
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/19/1987; ; 700+ words
; The almighty sky is the limit for gospel music. Like the truthful music itself, Chicago gospel has traveled from the Chicago Stadium on the...Boulevard and Columbus Drive. The fact that gospel is being granted the same outdoor stage as...
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Gospel Music Channel to Premiere 'Gospel Dream' Series This Fall, Showcasing America's Best Emerging Gospel Music Talent from All Styles of Gospel: Soul to Pop, Rock and R&B.
Business Wire; 7/7/2005; 700+ words
; ...with the following corrected version. The corrected release reads: GOSPEL MUSIC CHANNEL TO PREMIERE 'GOSPEL DREAM' SERIES THIS FALL, SHOWCASING AMERICA'S BEST EMERGING GOSPEL MUSIC TALENT FROM ALL STYLES OF GOSPEL: SOUL TO POP, ROCK AND R...
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Gospel Promoter Sees A Market Here
Newspaper article from: The Broward Times; 6/4/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...music entertainment scene is the business of gospel concert promotion. While it may be relatively...concert with such a niche group of followers as gospel. But it is possible, and can be successful. Gospel concert promoter Santura Pegram is putting...
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Apocryphal Gospels: An Introduction
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...death of Mary, and lost gospels (the last including...detailed treatment of the Gospel of Barnabas, considered...the Unknown Berlin Gospel a.k.a. the Gospel of the Savior), but...particularly the infancy gospels, are given short shrift...
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Gospel Music Channel Reaches New Corporate MSO Carriage Deals With Cable Management Associates, Jackson Energy Authority, and PurDigital Media; Also Adds Key Local Systems; 30+ Cities to Carry Channel by Year's End as It Builds National Coverage; Atlanta, Baton Rouge, Lubbock, Macon, Jackson and Other Cities Now on Board; Systems to Receive Significant In-market Promotions Including Concerts.
PR Newswire; 10/26/2004; 700+ words
; ...after its formation, the independent Gospel Music Channel has secured additional MSO...up that reflects the broad appeal of gospel music across America. The announcements...CEO, and Brad Siegel, Vice Chairman, Gospel Music Channel, the nation's first 24...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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GOSPELS MAY DIFFER, BUT MESSAGE CLEAR.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/11/1993; 700+ words
; ...BROWN - Staff writer The Gospels of the New Testament...however, vary from Gospel to Gospel. Depending...in the context of the Gospel in which it appears as...said each of the four Gospels reveals a different truth...choose to use just one Gospel in spreading the church...
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Gospel Fest Coming To Oakland
Newspaper article from: Oakland Post; 9/4/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Atchinson Oakland Post 09-04-1994 Gospel Fest Coming To Oakland. Douglas Miller will headline the McDonald's Gospel Fest '94 at the Paramount Theater later...operators are the sponsors of the Gospel Fest which will be held at the Paramount...
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Gospel Music Heritage Month Returns This September; GMC Unveils Celebration Plans.
Newspaper article from: Entertainment Newsweekly; 9/18/2009; 700+ words
; The greatest names in gospel music will be featured on-air, online and on-demand as Gospel Music Channel (GMC) celebrates National Gospel Music Heritage Month (http://www.gospelmusicheritage.com/) across multiple platforms this...
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 "Naperville Sun, The (IL)")
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Gospel music's beat changes but its message continues
Newspaper article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL); 8/8/2003; ; 700+ words
; Defining the Gospel is one thing. It's what Christians call the teachings...story of redemption by his resurrection. Explaining gospel music is more complex, especially in an era when gospel songs can range from old-time hymns to hard-core...
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Gospels, four
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...Marcan obscurities. The gospel of Luke also uses Mark...So these first three gospels have much material...x2018; synoptic gospels’—i.e. gospels that can be viewed together. The fourth gospel (John) is in another...
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Gospel Music, African American
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Gospel Music, African American. Since its initial...flowering in the late 1920s and 1930s, black gospel music has played a prominent role within...M. Nix, successfully championed the gospel style as an evangelistic tool, a career...
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Social Gospel
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
SOCIAL GOSPEL SOCIAL GOSPEL was a movement led by a group of liberal Protestant progressives in...urbanization, and increasing immigration of the Gilded Age. The social gospel differentiated itself from earlier Christian reform movements by prioritizing...
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gospel music
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
gospel music American religious musical form that...Africans enslaved in the American South. Gospel music partly evolved from the songs slaves...Protestant hymns they sang in church. However, gospel music did not derive as much from Protestant...
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Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir Gospel choir For the Record … ForoveradecadetheOakland Interfaith Gospel Choir earned national recognition for its powerful and energetic interpretations of traditional spirituals and contemporary gospel...
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