Worship across the racial divide : religious music and the multiracial congregation /
Marti, Gerardo, 1965-
Worship across the racial divide : religious music and the multiracial congregation / Gerardo Marti. - New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the dream of diversity and the dilemma of music -- Popular beliefs about worship in multiracial churches -- African Americans as the icon of "true worship" -- Worship experience and music selection in multiracial churches -- The naïve experience of worship in multiracial churches -- The challenge of leading multiracial worship -- Variety and intentionality in the design of multiracial worship -- "Have you seen our gospel choir?": conspicuous color in multiracial worship -- Interracial community through multiracial worship practices -- Conclusion: mystical worship and the reality of practice.
Marti draws on interviews with more than 170 congregational leaders and parishioners, as well as his experiences participating in worship services in a variety of Protestant multiracial Southern Californian churches, to present this study of the role of music in creating and sustaining congregational diversity.
0199920966 9780199920969 9780199932917 0199932913
9786613428011
342801 MIL
015990757 Uk
Music--Religious aspects.
Music and race.
Multiculturalism--Religious aspects.
Electronic books.
ML3921 / .M37 2012eb
264/.2089
Worship across the racial divide : religious music and the multiracial congregation / Gerardo Marti. - New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the dream of diversity and the dilemma of music -- Popular beliefs about worship in multiracial churches -- African Americans as the icon of "true worship" -- Worship experience and music selection in multiracial churches -- The naïve experience of worship in multiracial churches -- The challenge of leading multiracial worship -- Variety and intentionality in the design of multiracial worship -- "Have you seen our gospel choir?": conspicuous color in multiracial worship -- Interracial community through multiracial worship practices -- Conclusion: mystical worship and the reality of practice.
Marti draws on interviews with more than 170 congregational leaders and parishioners, as well as his experiences participating in worship services in a variety of Protestant multiracial Southern Californian churches, to present this study of the role of music in creating and sustaining congregational diversity.
0199920966 9780199920969 9780199932917 0199932913
9786613428011
342801 MIL
015990757 Uk
Music--Religious aspects.
Music and race.
Multiculturalism--Religious aspects.
Electronic books.
ML3921 / .M37 2012eb
264/.2089