Worship across the racial divide
Subtitle: religious music and the multiracial congregation
By: Gerardo Marti
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780195392975
Subjects: Multiculturalism; Religious aspects; Music; Music and race
Description: Marti draws on interviews with more than 170 congregational leaders and parishioners, as well as his experiences participating in worship services in a variety of Protestant multiracial Southern Californian churches, to present this study of the role of music in creating and sustaining congregational diversity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the dream of diversity and the dilemma of music; title: Popular beliefs about worship in multiracial churches; title: African Americans as the icon of "true worship"; title: Worship experience and music selection in multiracial churches; title: The naïve experience of worship in multiracial churches; title: The challenge of leading multiracial worship; title: Variety and intentionality in the design of multiracial worship; title: "Have you seen our gospel choir?": conspicuous color in multiracial worship; title: Interracial community through multiracial worship practices; title: Conclusion: mystical worship and the reality of practice.