Open Up the Doors - Music in the Modern Church - Mark Evans
Ending the Corporate Worship Wars
Open Up the Doors - Music in the Modern Church - Mark Evans
Mark Evans [+]
Macquarie University
Mark Evans is Head of the Department of Contemporary Music Studies at Macquarie University and is co-editor of Perfect Beat - The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture. He has published articles on a range of topics, including: the use of sound in the 'Matrix' films; copyright; CD-Rom; Christian music; rock journalism; and country music in Australia. He is also a pianist and has recorded and performed in various contemporary styles.He is the author of Open up the Doors: Music in the Modern Church (2006) and editor of the Encyclopedia of Film Music and Sound (Equinox, forthcoming).
Description
While congregational song exists within the corporate worship environment, this is not a book about worship. Many publications on this topic have been published in recent years and the stream looks certain to continue. Confusion between the two derives from different understandings of the nature of congregational music and worship in general.