{"product_id":"gods-song-and-musics-meanings-9781472478641","title":"Gods Song and Musics Meanings","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking seriously the practice and not just the theory of music, this ground-breaking collection of essays establishes a new standard for the interdisciplinary conversation between theology, musicology, and liturgical studies. The public making of music in our society happens more often in the context of chapels, churches, and cathedrals than anywhere else. The command to sing and make music to God makes music an essential part of the DNA of Christian worship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book's three main parts address questions about the \u003ci\u003ehistory\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eperformative contexts\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003enature\u003c\/i\u003e of music. Its opening four chapters traces how accounts of music and its relation to God, the cosmos, and the human person have changed dramatically through Western history, from the patristic period through medieval, Reformation and modern times. A second section examines the role of music in worship, and asks whatif anythingmakes a piece of music suitable for religious use. The final pa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface, Vernon White \u003cb\u003ePart 1: The Meanings of Music in Western History \u003c\/b\u003e1 Mellifluous Music in Early Western Christianity, \u003ci\u003eCarol Harrison \u003c\/i\u003e2 ‘We Prefer Gods We Can See’: Music’s Mediations Between Seen Things and God in the Patristic and Medieval Periods, \u003ci\u003eNancy van Deusen \u003c\/i\u003e3 Hearing Revelation: Music and Theology in the Reformation, \u003ci\u003eJonathan Arnold \u003c\/i\u003e4 Music, Atheism, and Modernity: Aesthetics, Morality, and the Theological Construction of the Self, \u003ci\u003eGareth Wilson \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: The Work of Worship and the Meanings of Music \u003c\/b\u003e5 The worship of God and the quest of the Spirit: ‘Contemporary’ \u003ci\u003eversus\u003c\/i\u003e ‘Traditional’ Church Music, \u003ci\u003eGordon Graham \u003c\/i\u003e6 Musical Promiscuity: Can the Same Music Serve Sacred and Profane Ends Equally Well?\u003ci\u003e Lucy Winkett \u003c\/i\u003e7 Mixing their Musick: Worship, Music, and Christian Communities, \u003ci\u003eJames Hawkey \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: The Meanings of Music and the Mystery of God \u003c\/b\u003e8 The Malleable Meanings of Music, \u003ci\u003eJohn Butt \u003c\/i\u003e9 The Material, the Moral and the Mysterious: Three Dimensions of Music, \u003ci\u003eBen Quash \u003c\/i\u003e10 Absolute Music \/ Absolute Worship, \u003ci\u003eDaniel K.L. Chua \u003c\/i\u003e11 Afterword, \u003ci\u003eJeremy S. Begbie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019903795543,"sku":"9781472478641","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472478641.jpg?v=1750781671","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gods-song-and-musics-meanings-9781472478641","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}