The Sound of Light

The Sound of Light is a sweeping overview of the history of gospel music. Gospel music has developed with Christian revivals, and the history of American gospel music is the history of Christianity in America. Gospel music reflects the American spirit of freedom and the free market as a Christian culture emerges in the 20th century, providing a spiritual as well as an economic foundation. The Sound of Light presents gospel music as part of the history of contemporary Christianity; it is a work broad in scope that defines a music essential to understanding American culture as well as American music in the 20th century.