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Pathways in Christian Music Communication

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  • Publisher: Pickwick Publications
  • 15 x 22.7 x 1.8 cm

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Life is a pilgrimage. For the Senufo of Cote d'Ivoire, life consists of following the kologo, that is the path, the road, or the way. As such, kologo is a key Senufo term that speaks of the directions people choose to follow in life. A central aspect of following the Christian pathway among Senufo believers occurs through music. Music serves as a major communication vehicle that speaks profoundly into the people's lives. Thus, Pathways in Christian Music Communication addresses the problem of contextualization of Christianity in Africa via the use of a people's indigenous music. It focuses on the significance of culturally appropriate songs for effective communication of the Gospel within the African context. In providing a history of the development of Christian songs among the Senufo, a musical analysis of the songs and music culture, identifying communication theory at work within the music-making process, and a content analysis of an emerging Senufo lyric theology, King shows the pivotal role that a people's cultural music plays in integrating a people's worldview and daily lives with biblical teaching. Finally, King examines the influence and effect of songs in communicating the Gospel by showing how the ""pathway of a song"" leads to changes of allegiance to the living God and transformed lives. Although set in West Africa, essential principles and guidelines for doing ethnomusicological studies within missiology lies at the heart of this work.
Pathways in Christian Music Communication and Music and Liturgy, Identity and Formation
Music and Liturgy, Identity and FormationPathways in Christian Music Communication

  • Title

    Pathways in Christian Music Communication

  • Author

    Roberta R. King

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Pickwick Publications

  • Published

    January 2009

  • Weight

    418g

  • Dimensions

    15 x 22.7 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781556359279

  • ISBN-10

    1556359276

  • Eden Code

    4878377

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