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Theology, Music and Timeby Jeremy S. Begbie; Daniel W. Hardy
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 27.00Theology, Music and Time shows ways in which music can deepen our understanding of the Christian God and his involvement with the world. Without assuming any specialist knowledge of music, the author explores several musical concepts, and through them opens up some of the central themes of the Christian faith. more...
Hear No Evilby Matthew Paul Turner
The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group 2010; US$ 12.99Every Life Has a Soundtrack. If you’ve ever had the opening bars of a song transport you back in time or remind you of a pivotal spiritual moment, Matthew Paul Turner’s honest—and frequently hilarious—musings will strike a chord. Straightforward and amusing, Hear No Evil is Turner’s “life soundtrack,” a compilation of engaging personal stories about how music—and music’s ability to transform—has played a key role in his spiritual life. Groove along on his journey as young evangelical Turner attends forbidden contemporary Christian concerts, moves to “Music City” Nashville, and dreams of becoming the Michael Jackson of Christian music. Cosmic... more...
Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleansby Richard Brent Turner
Indiana University Press 2009; US$ 18.65In his new book, Richard Brent Turner explores the history and contemporary significance of the popular religious traditions, identities, and performance forms celebrated in the second lines of the jazz street parades of black New Orleans. The second line is the group of dancers who follow the first procession of church and club members, brass bands, and grand marshals. Here musical and religious traditions interplay. Jazz Religion, the Second Line, and Black New Orleans examines the relationship of jazz to indigenous religion and spirituality. It explores how the African diasporist religious identities and musical traditions ... more...
The Secret History of Rock 'n' Rollby Christopher Knowles
Cleis Press 2010; US$ 16.95Sex. Drugs. Loud music. Wild costumes. Dazzling light shows. These words can all describe a great rock concert or a hot dance club, but they were also part and parcel of the ancient cultural phenomenon known as the Mystery religions.” In this book, author Christopher Knowles shows how the Mystery religions got a secular reincarnation when a new musical form called rock 'n' roll burst onto the scene. The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll traces the history of the Mysteries their rise, their fall, and their survival through long centuries of repression. Knowles shows how the Mysteries prefigured subcultures as diverse as Santeria, Freemasonry, Mardi Gras and even the Holiness churches of the American frontier, and explains... more...
Call Me the Seekerby Michael J. Gilmour
Continuum International Publishing 2005; US$ 150.00-+One of very few books on religion and popular music-+Covers a wide range of musical styles, from heavy metal and rap to country, jazz and Broadway musicals-+The essays are written by academics and informed by their enthusiasm for the musicMany boo more...
Theology as Performanceby Philip Stoltzfus
Continuum International Publishing 2006; US$ 140.00Theology as Performance breaks new ground in the growing conversation between modern theology and philosophical aesthetics. Stoltzfus proposes that significant moments in the Western development of the concept of God, in particular as represented in the figures of Friedrich Schleiermacher, Karl Barth, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, have been deeply influenced by concepts and approaches borrowed from the discipline of musical aesthetics. Each thinker develops fundamentally different ways of writing about God that have in significant respects been derived from each one's reading and writing about music. The aesthetic implications of Schleiermacher's so-called subjectivist turn, Barth's objectivist reaction, and Wittgenstein's language-game... more...
Music, Theology and Worshipby Jonathan L. Friedmann
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2011; US$ 49.95This book offers a representative collection of insightful essays about devotional music from nineteenth-century scholars and practitioners. Addressing the social and theological import of church music, this text also explores the divine quality of the human voice, the spiritual efficacy of congregational singing, and a host of topics pertinent to church life. Those interested in the relationship of music and religion will find value in the descriptions, opinions, and analyses. more...
Hip-Hop Redemptionby Ralph Basui Watkins
Baker Publishing Group 2011; US$ 17.99A sociologist and pop-culture expert offers a balanced engagement of hip-hop and rap music, showing God's presence in the music and the message. more...
Worship across the Racial Divideby Gerardo Marti
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 21.95Many scholars and church leaders believe that music and worship style are essential in stimulating diversity in congregations. Gerardo Marti draws on interviews with more than 170 congregational leaders and parishioners, as well as his experiences partici more...
The Rock n Roll Quiz Bookby Kevin Snelgrove
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 3.99Are you a rock n roll fan? Can you name the artists from yesteryear who started the rock n roll craze and the songs that made them famous? Do you consider yourself to be an expert on rock n music? If so, why not find out how much you really know with this exciting new quiz book?What singer was known as Britains first rock n roll star? How many US number 1 singles did Elvis Presley have from 1956 to 1969? What single did Chuck Berry have a number 1 hit with both in the US and UK in ... more...
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