What to do with The Body? The Clara Ward Singers Perform "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho"

There are lots of reasons why Clara Ward raised eyebrows in Black religious circles: The sequined dresses, the unbridled commercial enterprise associated with her music, the not-so-secret long-term companionship with Rev. CL Franklin--yet as this clip of the Clara Ward Singers from the late 1960s shows, it may have also been the embodiment of the erotic aspects of Black spirituality.  Lead vocalist on this track,  Malvilyn Statham, ain't 'shamed of her body and how it moves.