Global Song and the Universal Church, with Marissa Glynias Moore, on Music and the Church Ep. 24
If you’re in a majority-white American church, singing global songs like “Siyahamba” brings up questions like — “Is singing this cultural appropriation or ethnotourism?” and "What is the relationship between global song and the universal Church?"
In her research with music directors and church members in mainline Protestant churches, ethnomusicologist Dr. Marissa Glynias Moore, a Lecturer at Yale University, finds that by singing global songs, directors intend to express their beliefs about hospitality and what the universal Church is. For them, “the point of singing” global song “is to sing this music so much that it stops feeling Other.”
Resources We Mentioned
"Reamo leboga" ("We Give Our Thanks")"Njalo" ("Always"), also published in Njalo (Always): A Collection of 16 Hymns in the African TraditionC. Michael HawnBrian HehnThe Hymn SocietyJohn L. BellThe Sonic Color Line
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In her research with music directors and church members in mainline Protestant churches, ethnomusicologist Dr. Marissa Glynias Moore, a Lecturer at Yale University, finds that by singing global songs, directors intend to express their beliefs about hospitality and what the universal Church is. For them, “the point of singing” global song “is to sing this music so much that it stops feeling Other.”
Resources We Mentioned
"Reamo leboga" ("We Give Our Thanks")"Njalo" ("Always"), also published in Njalo (Always): A Collection of 16 Hymns in the African TraditionC. Michael HawnBrian HehnThe Hymn SocietyJohn L. BellThe Sonic Color Line
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Share This Podcast
If you enjoy this podcast, please consider sharing it with your friends who minister in the church—it's the best way for them to find the show!
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