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...

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Main Author: Richard A., Smith (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2006
In: Theology today
Year: 2006, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 48-54
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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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