Inclusive yet discerning
Subtitle: navigating worship artfully
By: Frank Burch Brown.
Series: The Calvin Institute of Christian Worship liturgical studies series
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Company
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9780802862563
Subjects: Public worship; Christianity and art; Aesthetics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Church music; Music -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Navigating worship artfully: finding a compass; title: Enjoyment and discernment in the music of worship; title: Singing together, with all God's creatures; title: Is good art good for Christian worship?; title: Christian music: more than just the words; title: Religious music and secular music: a Calvinist perspective, re-formed; title: On not giving short shrift to the arts in liturgy: the testimony of Pope Benedict XVI (Cardinal Ratzinger); title: On being beautiful and religious at the same time: reviving Plotinus.