1st Edition

Congregational Music, Conflict and Community

By Jonathan Dueck Copyright 2017
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Congregational Music, Conflict and Community is the first study of the music of the contemporary 'worship wars' – conflicts over church music that continue to animate and divide Protestants today – to be based on long-term in-person observation and interviews. It tells the story of the musical lives of three Canadian Mennonite congregations, who sang together despite their musical differences... Read more

1 Introduction





2 A Mennonite Performance of Community and Conflict





3 Making Music Traditional: Choirs and Hymnody at First Mennonite Church





4 Connecting with the Culture: Worship Music at River West Christian Church





5 Making Space for Worship: The Blended Service at Holyrood Mennonite Church





6 Genres, Identities and Individuals





7 Departures, Returns and Invitations

Biography

Jonathan Dueck is an Assistant Professor of Writing at the George Washington University. He previously held positions at Duke University, the University of Maryland and the University of Alberta. His PhD in music (ethnomusicology) is from the University of Alberta, where he worked with Regula Qureshi. His musical research explores musical practice, identity and conflict in affinity groups - especially North American religious groups (particularly Mennonites) examined in a global frame and sports fan groups. Together with Suzel Reily, he is co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Music and World Christianities (2016). He has published articles exploring Christian and Mennonite music in Ethnomusicology, the Journal of American Folklore, Popular Music and Society and a number of additional journals and edited collections.