Description
Book SynopsisThere is an immense and growing literature on singing in relation to a number of areas, often associated with wellbeing of various kinds – physical, mental, emotional, communal, public and spiritual. Although spirituality is mentioned in much of the literature it is often as an addendum to other more measurable aspects of the experience/event. This volume consists of various approaches to the spirituality of the singing experience, particularly how these have changed or even been heightened during the current pandemic. This collection offers a number of very wide-ranging perspectives from across the world. The chapters are drawn from several cultures and include a number referring to the various lockdowns that have characterized the pandemic. The book includes a mixture of chapters – which incorporate academic references and discourse – and interludes that are more reflective accounts of individual experiences.
Table of ContentsContents: The Culture – June Boyce- Tillman and Karin S. Hendricks: Living Song – Douglas J. Bachorik: «I’m Singing in the Nave!» How an Intersection of Theological Expectations and Music- Evoked Emotion Creates a «Glorious Feeling» – Elizabeth Cassidy Parker: Two Adolescents on Singing and Becoming Themselves – June Boyce- Tillman: Musicking the Cosmos – Nancy- Angel Doetzel: Interlude 1 Music Is the Heartbeat of Life – Maria Soriano: Primal Singing Integrative – Anne F. Lamont: The Psalmist’s Cry – Singing in Groups – Keith D. Thomasson: The New Sarum Singers: Its Role in Spiritual Nurture and (Re)shaping an Understanding of Church Mission – Merinda D’Aprano and Julie Shaw: Inclusive Songwriting for Wellbeing in the LGBT+ Christian Community – Catherine Pestano: Interlude 2 Caring for the Carers – Eleanor Gibson: Interlude 3 Exploring Aliveness – Julie Shaw: Florecer, Faith, and Music – Catherine Pestano: Interlude 4 Vocal Group Improvisation as a Path to Spiritual Experience – Individual Stories – Catherine Pestano: A Time of Change – Jennifer Kershaw: Interlude 5 Soul- Voyaging with a Purpose – Ruth A. Debrot: Singing the Good Life – Grenville Hancox: Interlude 6 Caring Through Singing – Deejay Robinson and Yolanda Sealey- Ruiz: Healing Spirit: Warriors of Equity and Justice for the Pursuit of Happiness – Estelle R. Jorgensen and Patrice Madura Ward- Steinman: Interlude 7 Singing Through Grief: An Autoethnographic Fragment with Brief Commentary – Brian Castle: «Sing Yourself to Where the Singing Comes From»: Healing, Singing, and Reconciliation.
