Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
CHAPTER ONE: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES
I. Philosophical Discernment
II. Aestheticism
III. Pragmatism
IV. Biblical Counterpoint
CHAPTER TWO: THE DOCTRINE OF CREATION
I. Creation, Dependence, and Independence
II. The Material World and Form
III. Creatio Continua and the Church
IV. Creativity
V. Church Nurture of Creativity
VI. Summary: Creative Worth and a Church Imperative
CHAPTER THREE: The IMAGO DEI
I. The Broad Imago Dei
II. The Narrow Imago Dei
III. Summary: Musical Imaging
CHAPTER FOUR: THE INCARNATION
I. Divine and Artistic Incarnation
II. Pastoral Humility
III. Communication, Relevance, and Content
IV. Summary
CHAPTER FIVE: THE GOSPEL AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE
I. Music as Witness
II. Gospel Characteristics
III. Mass Culture
IV. The Church and Mass Culture
V. Pop Music Characteristics
VI. The Church and the Pop
VII. Methodological Question
VIII. Folk Music and Jazz
IX. Summary: An Urgent Theological Resolve
CHAPTER SIX: FAITH
I. The Wholeness of the Christian Church
II. Intellectual and Emotional Imbalances in Church Music
III. Faith action and Tendency Gratification
IV. Summary and Congregational Methodology
CHAPTER SEVEN: STEWARDSHIP
I. Motivation for Stewardship
II. Stewardship’s Scope
III. Doing One’s Best – Principle One
IV. Some Dangers
V. Growth – Principle Two
VI. Church Music Education
VII. A Contrapuntal Dynamic
CHAPTER EIGHT: MYSTERY AND AWE
I. Music and Ministry
II. Truth and Musical Composition
III. Beyond the Explicitness of Words
IV. Imparting a Sense of Mystery
V. Summary
CHAPTER NINE: CONCLUSION
I. The crucifixion
II. The Resurrection
III. A Contrapuntal Dynamic
IV. Application: A Working Counterpoint