{"id":148,"date":"2026-02-07T18:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T18:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectdemolink.com\/Burton-Author\/?page_id=148"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T16:53:06","slug":"book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projectdemolink.com\/Burton-Author\/book\/","title":{"rendered":"Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"148\" class=\"elementor elementor-148\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-548b3f9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"548b3f9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50f6b30 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50f6b30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab9f24e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ab9f24e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Book\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-843909d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"843909d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hip Hop Hermeneutics: A Tool to Help the Black Church Recapture African American Youth\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9290ae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9290ae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hip Hop Hermeneutics is a Doctor of Ministry thesis submitted at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C., in April 2002. 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