Roots into the Future: Recovering Gregorian Chant to Renew the Church's Voice
In the Christian church, the people are the body of Christ. Somehow in the last half-century of reinventing, reimagining, re-creating, reviving, renewing, and restoring ourselves in the rush to become or stay “relevant,” that identity has frequently become blurred or lost altogether. Music in the ch...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
Sage Publ.
2006
|
In: |
Theology today
Year: 2006, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 48-54 |
Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
Summary: | In the Christian church, the people are the body of Christ. Somehow in the last half-century of reinventing, reimagining, re-creating, reviving, renewing, and restoring ourselves in the rush to become or stay “relevant,” that identity has frequently become blurred or lost altogether. Music in the church has been both a victim and a cause of this corrupted identity. Gregorian chant is well worth considering as a model for recovery in twenty―first―century worship. Its spiritual power and musical excellence may lead us to recover our voice as the people of God. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
|
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057360606300106 |