The music of the Church today is one of her greatest sources of internal tension and division. In a book which by the author's own admission is sometimes confrontational in tone, Wayne Barrett challenges some current church music practices that are taking place under the banner of "praise and worship." He provides a summative, thought-provoking, consideration of the nature of worship and its music, citing Biblical teachings, lessons of history, and empirical learning as the bases for the principles he advances. This is not a book without a viewpoint. It is a vigorous engagement of current...