Spiritual Songs as Text: Genre and Interpretation
Contemporary worship songs are a contextualisation of the Christian faith in popular culture. As such they may be read as genre in relation to other styles of popular music. This paper discusses the use of genre in the study of popular music and then uses the interpretative pattern resulting from th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2002
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Journal of youth and theology
Year: 2002, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-64 |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Contemporary worship songs are a contextualisation of the Christian faith in popular culture. As such they may be read as genre in relation to other styles of popular music. This paper discusses the use of genre in the study of popular music and then uses the interpretative pattern resulting from this discussion to develop a complex multilayered reading of one specific worship song. |
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| ISSN: | 2405-5093 |
| Contains: | In: Journal of youth and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/24055093-90000089 |