Inclusive yet discerning : navigating worship artfully /
Brown, Frank Burch, 1948-
Inclusive yet discerning : navigating worship artfully / Frank Burch Brown. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2009. - xviii, 155 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship liturgical studies series . - Calvin Institute of Christian Worship liturgical studies series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Navigating worship artfully: finding a compass -- Enjoyment and discernment in the music of worship -- Singing together (with all creation): dilemmas and delights -- Is good art good for Christian worship? -- Christian music: more than just the words -- Religious music and secular music: a Calvinist perspective, re-formed -- On not giving short shrift to the arts in liturgy: the testimony of Pope Benedict XVI (Cardinal Ratzinger) -- On being beautiful and religious at the same time: reviving Plotinus.
Brown combines an abiding admiration of classical idioms with an appreciation of new possibilities for the arts in worship. Interacting with a wide range of religious thinkers and leaders -- from Augustine and John Calvin to Rick Warren, Marcus Borg, and the Pope -- he addresses questions concerning "good" art and "good" music for worship. --from publisher description
9780802862563 (pbk. : alk. paper) 080286256X (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008031406
GBA918282 bnb
014909969 Uk
Public worship.
Christianity and art.
Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Church music.
Music--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BV 15 / .B75 2009
Inclusive yet discerning : navigating worship artfully / Frank Burch Brown. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2009. - xviii, 155 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship liturgical studies series . - Calvin Institute of Christian Worship liturgical studies series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Navigating worship artfully: finding a compass -- Enjoyment and discernment in the music of worship -- Singing together (with all creation): dilemmas and delights -- Is good art good for Christian worship? -- Christian music: more than just the words -- Religious music and secular music: a Calvinist perspective, re-formed -- On not giving short shrift to the arts in liturgy: the testimony of Pope Benedict XVI (Cardinal Ratzinger) -- On being beautiful and religious at the same time: reviving Plotinus.
Brown combines an abiding admiration of classical idioms with an appreciation of new possibilities for the arts in worship. Interacting with a wide range of religious thinkers and leaders -- from Augustine and John Calvin to Rick Warren, Marcus Borg, and the Pope -- he addresses questions concerning "good" art and "good" music for worship. --from publisher description
9780802862563 (pbk. : alk. paper) 080286256X (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008031406
GBA918282 bnb
014909969 Uk
Public worship.
Christianity and art.
Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Church music.
Music--Religious aspects--Christianity.
BV 15 / .B75 2009