{"product_id":"church-music-through-the-lens-of-performance","title":"Church Music Through the Lens of Performance","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is an investigation into church music through the lens of performance theory, both as a discipline and as a theoretical framework. Scholars who address religious music making in general, and Christian church music in particular, use \"performance\" in a variety of ways, creating confusion around the term. A systematized performance vocabulary for the study of church music can support interdisciplinary investigations of Christian congregational music making in today’s complex, interconnected world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the perspective of performance theory, all those involved in church musicking are performing, be it from platform or pew. The book employs a hybrid methodology that combines ethnographic research and theory from ritual studies, ethnomusicology, theology, and church music scholarship to establish performance studies as a possible \"next step\" in church music studies. It demonstrates the feasibility of studying church music as performance by analyzing ethnographic case studies using a developmental framework based on the concepts of ritual, embodiment, and play\/change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a fresh perspective on Christian congregational music making. It will, therefore, be a key reference work for scholars working in Congregational Music Studies, Ethnomusicology, Ritual Studies and Performance Studies, as well as practitioners interested in examining their own church music practices.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45589880209646,"sku":"9780367530655","price":252.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780367530655_2e523ec5-50ad-4760-ae73-f0bdf3e9e5fb.jpg?v=1721227892","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/church-music-through-the-lens-of-performance","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}