Open up the doors : music in the modern church / Mark Evans.

Author/creator Evans, Mark
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; Oakville : Equinox, 2006.
Descriptionxiv, 209 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesStudies in popular music
Studies in popular music. ^A770691
Contents Contextualising contemporary congregational music -- "Nothing new under the sun": learning from history -- Ending the corporate worship wars -- Resistance or accommodation: the "world" of quality -- The rise and rise of pentecostal music: history, hillsong, and star texts -- Theomusicological frameworks for congregational song analysis -- Corporate worship gets personal -- Conclusion: "When the music fades" -- Appendix: Song classification and analysis.
Abstract Providing objective criteria and analytical frameworks by which the quality and function of contemporary congregational music can be assessed, this book also considers how well modern music is serving the modern church, and how effectively it is operating as a musical form in the secular culture that surrounds it. There 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, their detrimental effects have resonated throughout many Protestant churches worldwide. Rather than simply fueling this debate further, this book 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 to reveal both the beneficial and dangerous trends occurring in modern church music. The book considers how well modern church music is serving the modern church, and also how effectively it is operating as a musical form in the secular culture that surrounds it.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and indexes.
LCCN 2006009194
ISBN1845531868 (hb)
ISBN9781845531867 (hb)
ISBN1845531876 (pb)
ISBN9781845531874 (pb)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML3187.5 .E9 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold