Music and Spirituality : Theological Approaches, Empirical Methods, and Christian Worship.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corbett, George.

Contributor:

Moerman, Sarah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spirituality.

Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2024.

Summary:

This edited volume, 'Music and Spirituality: Theological Approaches, Empirical Methods, and Christian Worship,' explores the intersection of music and spirituality through various scholarly lenses. Edited by George Corbett and Sarah Moerman, the book brings together contributions from theologians, musicologists, and psychologists to examine how music can influence religious and spiritual experiences. The book is divided into three main sections: theological approaches, empirical methods, and Christian worship. It discusses topics such as the resistance of music to reductionism, music's empathic spirituality, and the role of music in Christian services. The editors aim to foster a dialogue between theology, musicology, and psychology, making it a resource for scholars and practitioners in these fields. The intended audience includes academics and professionals interested in the interdisciplinary study of music and spirituality. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Intro

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Acknowledgments

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

George Corbett and Sarah Moerman

Foreword: 'A Composer's Perspective'

James MacMillan

I. THEOLOGICAL APPROACHES

1. Encountering the Uncontrollable: Music's Resistance to Reductionism and Its Theological Ramifications

Jeremy Begbie

2. Cross and Consolation: Music's Empathic Spirituality

Peter C. Bouteneff

3. Music, Breath, and Spirit

Michael O'Connor

4. An Adorative Posture towards Music and Spiritual Realities

Férdia J. Stone-Davis

5. Religion, Science, and Music: An Augustinian Trinity

Bennett Zon

6. Dissonant Spirituality: A Hermeneutical Aesthetics of Outlaw Country

Charles Howell

II. EMPIRICAL METHODS

7. From the Sacred to the Ordinary through the Lens of Psychological Science

David M. Greenberg

8. An Inquiry into Musical Trance

Dilara Turan

9. An Ethnomusicology of Spiritual Realities

Jeffers Engelhardt

10. The Concept of 'Atmosphere' as a Bridge between Music and Spirituality

Bernard Łukasz Sawicki OSB

11. Spiritual Subjects: Musicking, Biography, and the Connections We Make

Maeve Louise Heaney VDMF

12. The Impetus to Compose: Where is Fantasy Bred?

Richard E. McGregor

III. CHRISTIAN WORSHIP

13. Music in Christian Services as a Means to Induce Religious Feelings

Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann

14. Spiritual Cultures: Innovations in Choral and Classical Music

Jonathan Arnold

15. Listening to the Lived Experiences of Worshippers: A Study of Post-Pandemic Mixed Ecology Worship

Elspeth Manders

16. An Abductive Study of Digital Worship through the Lenses of Netnography and Digital Ecclesiology

Tihomir Lazic.́

17. Choral Singers and Spiritual Realities:A Perspective from St Mary's Catholic Cathedral

Michael Ferguson

18. Music and Spirituality in Communal Song: Methodists and Welsh Sporting Crowds

Martin V. Clarke

Afterword: 'A Psychologist's Perspective'

John Sloboda

List of Figures and Tables

Bibliography

Index.

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ISBN:

1-80511-303-8

1-80511-304-6

OCLC:

1455111048