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OverviewThere has been much passionate debate and emotion aroused by the introduction of contemporary music styles into the modern church. While these debates have rarely produced a victor, the detrimental effects of them have resonated throughout many Protestant churches worldwide. Rather than simply fuelling this debate further, ""Open Up The Doors"" represents an attempt to provide objective criteria and analytical frameworks by which the quality and function of contemporary congregational music can be assessed. The latest music from Hillsong, Soul Survivor, Parachute, Vineyard, Christian City and others is examined in order to reveal both the beneficial and dangerous trends occurring in modern church music. ""Open Up The Doors"" considers how well modern music is serving the modern church, and also how effectively it is operating as a musical form in the secular culture that surrounds it. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Mark EvansPublisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.336kg ISBN: 9781845531874ISBN 10: 1845531876 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 15 January 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsA. Preface 1. Contextualising Congregational Music 2. Nothing New Under The Sun: Learning From History 3. Ending The Corporate Worship Wars 4. Resistance or Accommodation: The 'World' of Quality 5. The Rise and Rise of Pentecostal Music 6. Theomusicological Frameworks for Congregational Song Analysis 7. Congregational Song Gets Personal 8. Conclusion: When The Music Fades 9. Appendix: Song Classification and AnalysisReviewsIn this important book, Evans has raised the level of conversation about worship music far above the too typical Us vs. Them. Paul Jacobson, Reviews in Religion and Theology Theologically literate evangelical musicians who want to think through why we sing what we sing in church are going to find this a useful publication to consult. And as the number of books in the 'useful' category are vanishingly small, it is worth knowing about this one! Gordon Cheng, The Sola Panel Author InformationMark Evans is the Head of Contemporary Music Studies and Director of Creative Arts at Macquarie University, Sydney. He is also the Co-Editor of Perfect Beat: The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture and is widely published in the areas of religious music and film music. His last volume, Markets and Margins: Australian Country Music was published by the Australian Institute of Country Music Press in 2005. A practicing musician, he has been actively involved in writing, producing and performing congregational music for over 15 years. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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