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The first Beyonce Mass is held by Rev. Yolanda Norton in Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California, USA. The mass is attended by 900 people. The cathedral authorities stress that they are not worshipping Beyonce, but merely employing her music to find another way to connect with Christian teachings.
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Rev. Yolanda Norton (assistant professor of Old Testament at San Francisco Theological Seminary) : The class uses Beyoncé as a central figure for what black women face in society and in church; black motherhood and womanhood; the ways their bodies are judged or policed; and respectability politics,
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