Music & ministry : a biblical counterpoint /
Calvin M. Johansson.
- Peabody, MA : Hendrickson Publishers, c1984.
- 138 p. : 22 cm.
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
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MUSIC IN CHURCHES MUSIC--BIBLICAL TEACHINGS MUSIC AND MINISTRY