Music as Prayer: The Theology and Practice of Church Music - Rilegato

Troeger, Thomas H.

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ISBN 10: 0199330085 ISBN 13: 9780199330089

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2013

Riassunto

Music as Prayer explores the spiritual and theological character of church music. Author Thomas H. Troeger―a theologian, preacher, poet and flutist―traces how making and listening to music can be an act of prayer, a way of sensing the irrepressible resilience of the divine vitalities, in down-to-earth language that everyone can enjoy. The book employs a wide range of perspectives: from scientific observations about the affect of music on the brain, to the insights of early church fathers about the place of music in worship, to the compositions of great composers and their reflections upon their art, to the Bible and theologians, to organists, choir directors and instrumentalists, to hymnists and poets. Listening to the wisdom of these varied tribes, Troeger finds them to be a cloud of witnesses, a choir giving testimony to how music puts the human heart in touch with the spirit in times of sorrow and seeking, in times of joy and gratitude.

The book is addressed to listeners and performers alike, instrumentalists and singers, clergy and seminarians, worship committees and congregation members, scholars and teachers of liturgy and sacred music. It helps musicians and clergy to develop a mutual understanding of the theological and spiritual dimensions of their collaborative work. As a whole, the book celebrates the ministry of making music that awakens people to those gifts of the spirit that sustain hope, promote healing, and enliven a visionary faith in the possibility of a transformed world.

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Recensione:

Troeger offers a gift both to those who play the organ and those who enjoy the contribution of music to worship. In these pages we move beyond the sound of music for aesthetic enrichment or entertainment to the experience of musical artistry as a transforming spiritual force in our lives. (C. Michael Hawn, Perkins School of Music, Southern Methodist University)

L'autore:

Thomas H. Troeger studied to become a flutist but under the impact of a great preacher, he decided to prepare for the ministry. A pastor for seven years, he then began teaching homiletics, hymnody, and liturgics. His scholarship has focused on the role of the imagination in preaching and worship, and his creative work includes hymns and lyric poems.

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• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0199330085
• ISBN 13: 9780199330089
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 112