Praising and/or Cursing God Through Music

Abstract

As noted by musician and theologian Pierre Charru (2012, 311), the convergences between music and theology represent a little-explored area of research. And yet, much like the tools of theology, music and the singing that accompanies it have often been used to praise God's name. In fact, music has been an integral part of the world's religions for millennia. Through hymns, canticles and other forms, human beings have long used music in their attempts to express and define this relationship between themselves and the divine. We can thus conclude that for as far as religion

Meaning and Making: Laying the Groundwork for Community-Based Research-Creation

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