Meaning-Making in the Contemporary Congregational Song Genre

Daniel Thornton

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Springer Nature Switzerland AG
07 October 2020

Music; Christianity; Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches

This book analyses the most sung contemporary congregational songs (CCS) as a global music genre. Utilising a three-part music semiology, this research engages with producers, musical texts, and audiences/congregations to better understand contemporary worship for the modern church and individual Christians.

Christian Copyright Licensing International data plays a key role in identifying the most sung CCS, while YouTube mediations of these songs and their associated data provide the primary texts for analysis. Producers and the production milieu are explored through interviews with some of the highest profile worship leaders/songwriters including Ben Fielding, Darlene Zschech, Matt Redman, and Tim Hughes, as well as other music industry veterans. Finally, National Church Life Survey data and a specialized survey provide insight into individual Christians’ engagement with CCS. Daniel Thornton shows how these perspectives taken together provide uniqueinsight into the current global CCS genre, and into its possible futures.

By: Daniel Thornton
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 2021 ed.
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 457g
ISBN: 9783030556082
ISBN 10: 3030556085
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 07 October 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1 Contemporary Congregational Songs Genre Formation and Scrutiny.- Chapter 2 Contemporary Congregational Song.- Chapter 3 The Contemporary Congregational Song Industry (Poietic Analysis Pt 1).- Chapter 4 So the Songwriters Say (Poietic Analysis Pt 2).- Chapter 5 The Old and New Guard – Ways of Thinking for Contemporary Congregational Songs Writers (Poietic Analysis Pt 3).- Chapter 6 How Christians Feel About the Songs they Sing – Individually (Esthesic Analysis Pt 1).- Chapter 7 How Christians Feel About the Songs they Sing – Corporately (Esthesic Analysis Pt 2).- Chapter 8 Just Another Pop Song? The Music (Trace Analysis Pt 1).- Chapter 9 Just Another Pop Song? The Lyrics (Trace Analysis Pt 2).- Chapter 10 Some Individual Examples – Australia (Trace Analysis Pt 3).- Chapter 11 Some Individual Examples – UK and USA (Trace Analysis Pt 4).- Chapter 12 The Current and Future Contemporary Congregational Songs Genre.

Daniel Thornton is the Head of Worship at Alphacrucis College, Australia, and an ordained minister with the Australian Christian Churches. A professional composer and performer, Daniel has written and recorded numerous albums and continues to lead worship and train worshipers in churches around the world.