Richard Wagner: A Life in Music
Richard Wagner: A Life in Music, by Martin Geck, translated by Stewart Spencer, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2013, 444 pp,£24.50 Christians…
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The Modern Hymnal: An interview with Keith Getty
Over the past decade or so, the Protestant church in North America has experienced a revival of sorts. The revival of which I speak…
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Sigur Ros: Mystery and Awe in a Postmodern Worship Context
Sigur Ros, the Icelandic post-rock band from Reykjavik, is expanding previous conceptions of what is appropriate music for congregational worship. They claim no direct…
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Popular Music and the Sentimentality of Memory – Part II
My aim here is to follow up a previous question addressing whether or not popular music creates overly-sentimental versions of biography for our imaginations…
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Popular Music and the Sentimentality of Memory
Does popular music create overly-sentimental versions of biography for our imaginations, or does popular music enliven our imaginations to reconsider some of our conceptions…
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That They May Be One: Multifaceted Musical Unity
Sitting in the midst of the ruins of St Andrews cathedral in Scotland, I can almost envision an ancient ritual being performed by the…
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Getting Groovy: The Return of Analog
There’s a trend afoot. More and more millennials, among others, are opting to listen to their music the old-fashioned way: on cassettes and on…
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The Cult, Fear, and Myth of the New: Three (conflicting) Narratives
In a recent article titled How to Discourage Artists in the Church, Philip G. Ryken suggests that ‘[m]any Christian artists live between two strange worlds,’…
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A View from the Monastery: On Behalf of Utilitarian Art
I’m coming to you from St Benedict’s Abbey in Atchison, Kansas, and I’d like to speak a word on behalf of utilitarian art. As…
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