Kategoria BISAC: Music >> Religious - Contemporary Christian

Follow Christian singer/songwriter Tammy Trent as she tells of her beautiful love story turned tragic, still pointing to God as the source of all life and hope.

Theirs was a fairy-tale romance. Her husband, Trent, was Tammy's best friend and business manager. While vacationing in Jamaica in 2001, a routine free diving excursion in the Blue Lagoon turned drastically tragic when Trent never resurfaced. Unfortunately, the following day's events of 9/11 would create an incredible obstacle to Tammy's and her family's efforts to connect and handle these horrendous events.

Tearful...

The "Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music: Pop, Rock, and Worship" is the first comprehensive reference work on a form of American music that is far more popular than nonfans may realize. It fills a major gap in the literature on American music and Christian culture, looking at this increasingly popular genre in the context of the overall history of religious music in the United States.

With over 200 entries, "The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music" covers important performers and industry figures, songs and albums, concerts and festivals, the rise of Christian radio...

In einem Gottesdienst steht die Erneuerung des Lebens auf dem Spiel. Daher spielt Kunst, z.B. Musik, hier eine zentrale Rolle: Sie eroffnet einen Freiraum der Auseinandersetzung mit verschiedenen Lebensperspektiven und weist uber die Alltagserfahrung hinaus in die Erfahrung von Transzendenz hinein. Musik erreicht also auf ihre Weise, worauf das Evangelium von der Auferweckung des Gekreuzigten zielt: dass die Gottesdienstgemeinde sich zu Lebendigkeit und Menschlichkeit "verzaubern" lasst. Das Modell der Incantation zeigt, wie Musik- und Wortteile im Gottesdienst dieses Ziel...

This sensitive study is a historical, cultural, and musical exploration of Christian religious music among the Logooli of Western Kenya. It describes how new musical styles developed through contact with popular radio and other media from abroad and became markers of the Logooli identity and culture. Jean Ngoya Kidula narrates this history of a community through music and religious expression in local, national, and global settings. The book is generously enhanced by audiovisual material on the Ethnomusicology Multimedia website.

This sensitive study is a historical, cultural, and musical exploration of Christian religious music among the Logooli of Western Kenya. It describes how new musical styles developed through contact with popular radio and other media from abroad and became markers of the Logooli identity and culture. Jean Ngoya Kidula narrates this history of a community through music and religious expression in local, national, and global settings. The book is generously enhanced by audiovisual material on the Ethnomusicology Multimedia website.