Flipping the Song Bird

Liberation, (De)Coloniality, and Liturgical Practices: Flipping the Song Bird. Palgrave MacMillan, 2020. Becca Whitla uses liberationist, postcolonial, and decolonial methods to analyze hymns, congregational singing, and song-leading practices. By way of this analysis, Whitla shows how congregational singing can embody liberating liturgy and theology. Through a series of interwoven theoretical lenses and methodological tools—including coloniality,… Continue reading Flipping the Song Bird