Christian Sacred Music in the Americas

Andrew Shenton, Joanna Smolko

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Rowman & Littlefield
15 May 2023

Theory of music & musicology; Sacred & religious music; Christian worship, rites & ceremonies

Christian Sacred Music in the Americas explores the richness of Christian musical traditions and reflects the distinctive critical perspectives of the Society for Christian Scholarship in Music. This volume, edited by Andrew Shenton and Joanna Smolko, is a follow-up to SCSM’s Exploring Christian Song and offers a cross-section of the most current and outstanding scholarship from an international array of writers.

The essays survey a broad geographical area and demonstrate the enormous diversity of music-making and scholarship within that area. Contributors utilize interdisciplinary methodologies including media studies, cultural studies, theological studies, and different analytical and ethnographical approaches to music. While there are some studies that focus on a single country, musical figure, or region, this is the first collection to represent the vast range of sacred music in the Americas and the different approaches to studying them in context.

Edited by: Andrew Shenton, Joanna Smolko
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 227mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 599g
ISBN: 9781538183564
ISBN 10: 1538183560
Pages: 372
Publication Date: 15 May 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Shenton is professor of music at Boston University. His research areas include music and transcendence, humor and religion, performance practice, and theology and the arts. Joanna Smolko is an instructor at the University of Georgia. Her research areas include American popular music from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, American sacred music, American folk music, and film music.

Reviews for Christian Sacred Music in the Americas

"Admirable in its geographic reach and in its range of historical and ethnographic approaches, this volume offers a stimulating and welcome set of case studies that shed new light on areas of Christian sacred music that have not yet received the attention they deserve. -- Stephen A. Crist, professor of music history, Emory University Christian Sacred Music in the Americas is a brilliantly interdisciplinary collection. The chapters coalesce to form a kaleidoscopic view—one that illuminates not only aspects of worship and spirituality but also of resistance, resilience, and reconciliation. -- Eftychia Papanikolaou, Associate professor of musicology, Bowling Green State University Refreshingly, this insightful volume expands the geographical frame from the typical focus on North America to ""the Americas,"" weaving Central and South American perspectives into its rich tapestry of voices. It is an excellent addition to any sacred music or American music course. -- Monique Ingalls, associate professor of music; affiliated faculty, religion, Baylor University"