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“THE SPIRIT IN WORSHIP” — CLARENCE JOSEPH RIVERS. OVERSIZED TRADE PAPERBACK (8 ½” X 11”) / FIRST (AND ONLY) EDITION / PUBLISHED IN 1978 BY STIMULI, INC. / PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH RARE BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS / 199 PAGES + ENDPAPERS. SUPER-RARE SYNCRETIZATION MANIFESTO (COUPLED WITH DOCUMENTS) RELATING TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, TRADITIONAL AFRICAN WORSHIP STYLES AND MORES, LATE-60’S BLACK POWER POLITICAL AWAKENING IDEAS, AFROCENTRIC HISTORIOGRAPHY AND RELIGIOSITY, AND INVOCATION TRADITIONS ROOTED IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. FASCINATING BOOK — FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. ESSENTIAL, I THINK, TO UNDERSTANDING THE MODERN BLACK CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE… BOOK IS IN ‘ACCEPTABLE’ CONDITION — MODERATE OVERALL STORAGE AND SHELF WEAR. FREE FROM MARKINGS OR DEFECTS OF MANUFACTURE… THERE ARE DISCOLORATION SPOTS ON THE COVERS AND DEFINITELY SOME NOTICEABLE WEAR AND TEAR ON THE SPINE… THERE IS SOME DETERIORATION OF THE BINDING GLUE AT THE FRONT HINGE, THOUGH NOTHING TOTALLY EGREGIOUS, BUT IT IS LOOSENING NOTICEABLY AND WILL NEED SOME ATTENTION OR AT LEAST WILL REQUIRE CARE WHEN HANDLING. COVERS ARE RUBBED AND COLORS ON COVERS ARE FADING; TOP RIGHT COVER CORNER WAS CREASED AT ONE TIME… ALTOGETHER, A WORTHY COLLECTIBLE COPY OF THIS TOTAL AFROCENTRIC LIBERATION CATHOLIC RARITY! PRICED TO REFLECT ISSUES… DIG IN! WE HAVE OVER 23 YEARS EXPERIENCE SELLING COLLECTIBLE AND RARE RECORDS AND BOOKS, AS WELL AS POP CULTURE COLLECTIBLES, EPHEMERA, AND EFFLUVIA!!! ALL OUR ITEMS ARE PERSONALLY INSPECTED AND CONSERVATIVELY GRADED! SO, BUY WITH CONFIDENCE!!!