Singing the Congregation How Contemporary Worship Music Forms Evangelical Community
these modes--concert, conference, church, public, and networked congregations--Singing the Congregation reinvigorates the analytic categories of congregation and congregational music. Drawing from theoretical models in ethnomusicology and congregational studies, Singing the Congregation reconceives the congregation as a fluid, contingent social constellation that is actively performed into being through communal practice--in this case, the musically-structured participatory
activity known as worship. Congregational music-making is thereby recast as a practice capable of weaving together a religious community both inside and outside local institutional churches. Congregational music-making is not only a means of expressing local concerns and constituting the local religious community; it is also a powerful way to identify with far-flung individuals, institutions, and networks that comprise this global religious community. The interactions among the
congregations reveal widespread conflicts over religious authority, carrying far-ranging implications for how evangelicals position themselves relative to other groups in North America and beyond.
| Publisher Name | Oxford University Press USA |
|---|---|
| Author Name | Hagendorf, Col |
| Format | Audio |
| Bisac Subject Major | MUS |
| Language | NG |
| Isbn 10 | 0190499648 |
| Isbn 13 | 9780190499648 |
| Target Age Group | min:NA, max:NA |
| Dimensions | 00.91" H x 00.06" L x 00.00" W |
| Page Count | 272 |
Monique M. Ingalls is Assistant Professor of Music at Baylor University. Her work on music in Christian communities has been published in the fields of ethnomusicology, media studies, hymnology, and religious studies. She is Series Editor for Routledge's Congregational Music Studies book series and
is co-founder and program chair of the biennial international conference Christian Congregational Music: Local and Global Perspectives.
