Global Forum on Arts and Christian Faith (E-Journal)
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Contemporary Worship Music and Everyday Musical Lives (Mark Porter)
No full textAdam Perez reviews Mark Porter's thick-descriptive ethnography of a church congregation in England. Porter's book focuses especially on issues of identity, related to musical and worship choices
Lovin' on Jesus: A Concise History of Contemporary Worship (Swee Hong Lim and Lester Ruth); Worshiping with the Anaheim Vineyard: The Emergence of Contemporary Worship (Andy Park, Lester Ruth, and Cindy Rethmeier)
No full textLee Hinson brings his experience as a teacher, worship leader, and publisher to a review of two new publications examining contemporary worship songs. One book looks at worship in a specific denominational context (the Anaheim Vineyard), and the other canvasses the history of contemporary worship. Hinson concludes with a list of other recommended resources on this topic
Engaging Theology and Theological Education in the Majority World: Recognizing Visual and Symbolic Theology from the Akan People’s Illustrations
No full textThis paper argues that in the majority world the symbolic enjoys an important space in communication and in the construction of reality. Dr. Amoateng therefore recommends that theological education for the majority world recognize and emphasize the visual and the symbolic. He looks at the Adinkra symbols of the Akans of Ghana as a case study. This paper will point to the urgent need for visual and symbolic theological education for seminarians in the majority world, and it will also clarify the need for appropriate training of missionaries who will work in majority-world contexts
Theologizing in Context: An Example from the Study of a Ghomala' Christian Hymn
No full textAn example of contextual theology from the Ghomala' of Cameroon. Dr. Kenmogne considers how the text of a song reflects the socio-historical contexts of the area and points to attributes of God
Worship Through the Ages: How the Great Awakenings Shape Evangelical Worship (Elmer L. Towns and Vernon M. Whaley)
No full textJohn DeValve reviews a recent book looking at the connections between revivals and worship trends throughout history
"Musical Perfection": Reflecting on the Contemporary and Timeless Bach Chorales
No full textFrank Fortunato reflects on the chorales of J. S. Bach. As he looks back over years of enjoyment playing, singing, and studying the chorales, he asks: What is the place of the Bach chorales for the present-day church congregation?As an appendix, Fortunato lists a selection of recommended resources for further study of the chorales
Evangelical versus Liturgical? Defying a Dichotomy (Melanie C. Ross)
No full textDiscussions between members of different Christian denominations are often hindered by a "versus" mindset--an idea that the gulf between traditions is too large to cross. Chris Gassler reviews a recent book by Melanie Ross that suggests that perhaps we're not too different to talk to one another. The ultimate goal is not that everyone agrees about every small detail, but simply that we learn from and respect one another
What Is the Right Kind of Worship . . . If You Want North American Congregations to Sing Global Songs?
No full textThis article was presented by Swee Hong Lim at the Symposium on Worship at Duke Divinity School, March 24-25, 2017. Each of the six plenary presenters at that event addressed one aspect of the question, "What is the right kind of worship music if . . . ?" Dr. Lim considered issues in bringing global songs to North American congregations. In this aritcle, Dr. Lim draws from the concepts of epiclesis and anamnesis in thoughtful engagement with songs of "the Other.
The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World (Sandra Maria Van Opstal); Worship Together: In Your Church as in Heaven (Josh Davis and Nikki Lerner)
No full textA look at two recent entries into the ever-growing body of literature addressing multicultural congregations and worship
Arts Development for Scripture Engagement
No full textBecause languages and arts are means of communication, principles from the field of language development that communities apply to strengthen language vitality also strengthen the vitality of local artistic genres. Arts development expands a community’s existing uses of orality and arts to new topics and functions to better meet community goals together. Status development activities increase the number of domains of use and the level of respect given local artistic genres. Corpus development activities describe genre forms and create new works in them. Acquisition development activities add to the number of people who perform or experience new works, and increase people’s interest in them. When communities work together to meet their Kingdom goals, arts development activities add to the number of people who encounter God’s word in life-transforming ways. **A new version of the PDF was uploaded on January 4, 2018, to correct an error in the citations in footnote 8. All other content is the same as the original PDF