Relationship between catholocism and gospel music

I don't know what your friend is talking about. Black Americans were rarely ever Catholic because the United States was largely Protestant. The development of gospel music came about through mixing of West African styles (such as the spiritual rituals, call and response pattern and oral tradition) with Christian themes.

>>1915762
It's Scottish Protestant and West African derived

You will hardly EVER see Black Catholics in the United States. On the rare occasion that you do, they're usually Haitian or from some of the smaller islands in the Caribbean, so they're clustered around Louisiana and the Gulf Coast.

Black American Christianity is like a humid, feverish rabbithole that you can easily get lost in. It's insane.

>>1917705
>spiritual rituals, call and response pattern and oral tradition
Yes and this also led to the development of blues, jazz, rock music etc.

>>1915762
Whats with people today being religious and shit.

>>1918246
How is that relevant

>>1915762
Most black Americans were historically Baptist and Methodist. Catholicism contains a lot of rituals so if they were Catholic then you would get syncretized traditions like Voodoo.

>>1918252
To show that these cultural traditions were able to develop music genres independent of Christian influence

>>1918246

>Fact: Black people invented every musical style in history

>>1918274
No, but they contributed greatly to the development of today's popular music

>>1918279
im p. sure that anon is just trying to bait

>>1915762
Why does your friend think they were inspired by Catholicism?

>>1915762
I'm also from Europe and i also heard that Gospel was invented by catholic slaves in Louisianna;