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This book considers how music can transport listeners beyond themselves. Both music and the Spirit operate between languages and cultures, between desires and longings, between the visible and invisible, and between the deep and near. Thus, the Spirit, through music, unites and gathers communities, revealing new possibilities.
List of contents
Introduction: Music Makes the World New,
by Chris E.W. GreenPart I: Music, Affect, and the Spirit
Chapter 1: Thus Sings the Lord: The Spirit, the Body, and the Mystical Nature of Singing,
by Chris E.W. GreenChapter 2: The Sacred Song: How Divine Creativity is Revealed in the Physics and Metaphysics of Music,
by Edwin Rodríguez-GungorChapter 3: We Feel Fire When It's Hot: Affect and Manipulation in Music,
by Steven Félix-JägerChapter 4: "Everything Means Nothing to Me": The Spirit of Wisdom within Qoheleth, Kierkegaard's
Either/Or, and the Elliott Smith Songbook,
by Sophia A. Magallanes-TsangPart II: Music as Cultural Expression
Chapter 5: The Spirit-Haunted Lyrics of Jason Isbell,
by Amber BensonChapter 6: The Spirit in Neoclassical, Wordless Music,
by Marc Byrd and Aaron Gabriel RossChapter 7: Spiritual Longing in the Music of Jimmy Hendrix,
by Blaine CharetteChapter 8: "The Answer, My Friend": A Pneumatological Reading of "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan,
by Jeff S. LampChapter 9: Rivers Underneath: The Quickening of the Spirit in Underground Music,
by Jeremy Lee HuntPart III: Music in Christian Worship and Witness
Chapter 10: "There is a Cloud": The Holy Spirit in Contemporary Worship Songs,
by Shannan BakerChapter 11: When the Spirit Moves: Black Gospel Music as Embodied Witness,
by Jennifer ThigpennChapter 12: "Oh Happy Day": The Migration and Reclamation of the Soul of Pentecostal Faith,
by Kimberly Ervin AlexanderChapter 13: Global Spirit and Globalizing spirits: Worship Song's Role in Turkish Liturgical Identity,
by Jeremy PerigoChapter 14: "We Were All Vibing the Same Way": Luthercostality in South Brazil,
by Marcell Silva SteuernagelConclusion: The Classic Fade Out,
by Steven Félix-JägerAbout the Contributors
About the author
Chris E.W. Green is professor of public theology at Southeastern University and director for St Anthony Institute of Theology, Philosophy, and Liturgics.
Steven Félix-Jägeris associate professor and chair of the Worship Arts and Media program at Life Pacific University.
Summary
This book considers how music can transport listeners beyond themselves. Both music and the Spirit operate between languages and cultures, between desires and longings, between the visible and invisible, and between the deep and near. Thus, the Spirit, through music, unites and gathers communities, revealing new possibilities.
