Sacred Nine will be traveling to Swarthmore college on Good Friday, 2026 to "beatify" the brutally murdered Sarah Maria Cornell. Inspiration came from Murder in a Mill Town by Bruce Dorsey, Professor of History at Swarthmore. Ellen Blue helps us understand the kind of religious atmosphere Cornell would have experienced.

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Sacred Nine's satire of Christian Nationalism

In 2021, after having virtually eliminated the singing of Spirituals from my career, I decided to take a deep dive, asking African American scholars and performers their thoughts on whites singing Spirituals.

Original presentation video

In 2021, after having virtually eliminated the singing of Spirituals from my career, I decided to take a deep dive, asking African American scholars and performers their thoughts on whites singing Spirituals.

Original presentation video

Get to know Hannah Hadassah Hickok Smith with me. A fascinating woman and worthy of song! I will develop a Sacred Nine Project about her "if I live," as she would say!

Check out Sacred Nine Project: The Mending Sampler, which is referenced in this episode.

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Drew Lopenzina
Professor of Early American Literature and Native American Literature, Old Dominion University

Through an Indian's Looking-Glass: A Cultural Biography of William Apess by Drew Lopenzina
https://www.umasspress.com/9781625342591/through-an-indians-looking-glass/

Introduction to Native American Literature by Drew Lopenzina
https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Introduction-to-Native-American-Literature-1st-Edition/Lopenzina/p/book/9781138630246

Red Ink: Native Americans Picking up the Pen in the Colonial Period. by Drew Lopenzina
https://sunypress.edu/Books/R/Red-Ink

Learn about us.

Read about our upcoming musical satire on Christian nationalism.

Learn more about The Jewel Prize for African American Spirituals.

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Chris Fenner is a premiere hymn scholar in the United States, creator and editor of HymnologyArchive.com, and contributor to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology, the Sounding Spirit Digital Library, and Hymnary.org. He is editor of The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of Isaac Watts (D&T, 2016), Spurgeon's Own Hymn Book (Christian Focus, 2018), Amazing Love! How Can It Be: Studies on Hymns by Charles Wesley (Resource, 2020), and the forthcoming Hymns & Devotions for Daily Worship (2024). Chris has also proof-edited other hymnal projects such as Sing the Wonders, 3rd ed. (Grace Music, 2021), Sing Unto the Lord (ACNA, 2023), and The Gospel Story Hymnal (Word & Wonder, 2023).