Worship across the racial divide : religious music and the multiracial congregation / Gerardo Marti.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0199920966
- 9780199920969
- 9780199932917
- 0199932913
- 264/.2089 23
- ML3921 .M37 2012eb
- 9,2
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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.
Print version record.
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