Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music
By Jeremy S. Begbie
In this well-rounded study, Begbie examines the connections between music and theology by engaging Scripture, musical history, and contemporary culture.
Themes and Variations: Music and Imagination
By Don Saliers
Originally written as a series of columns for The American Organist magazine, Themes and Variations is a collection of reflections for music-lovers as well as music-makers. With each essay,...
The Sound of Music
This classic musical overflows with instances of "singing our lives." Maria is sent by her Mother Superior to serve Baron Georg Von Trapp, a retired...
Say Amen, Somebody
A documentary about the lives of two of gospel music's founders: Willie Mae Ford Smith and Thomas Dorsey. Originally outcast from Black churches, gospel music...
Mr. Holland’s Opus
Glenn Holland is an aspiring composer who takes a job as a high school music teacher to pay the rent so that, in his "spare...
Brassed Off
This is the story of a group of Yorkshire coal miners who — like their fathers and grandfathers before them — perform in brass band...
Come Sunday: The Liturgy of Zion
By William B. McClain
Discusses liturgical time, spirituals, gospel songs; includes Scripture/lectionary index.
For the Love of It: Amateuring and Its Rivals
By Wayne Booth
For the Love of It is a story not only of one intimate struggle between a man and his cello, but also of the larger...
Praying Twice: The Music and Words of Congregational Song
By Brian Wren
In this in-depth look at hymns, Brian Wren explores the theological significance of congregational song, asks how music has meaning for its singers, and considers...