Nathan Myrick
Biographic Data
| ID | 3099556 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nathan Myrick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Myrick |
| SIGNATURE | MYRICK N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mercer University Health Sciences Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Introduction
How might attending to timbre shift the boundaries of the experiences and practices that come under the analytical purview of religion? What timbral qualities render prayer efficacious and invite divine encounter? What cosmological claims and social relations are forwarded through sounds invoked in religious rituals and gatherings? How do marginalized voices and instruments shape worshipping communities? On the other hand, how are dominant identi…
From The Heaviest, Dirtiest Depths to the Washy Ambient Clouds
This essay argues that within the socio-cultural context of North American Christianity, the timbral qualities of electric guitar, with its long lineage as a site of cultural values conflict and identity negotiation, serves a theological function in the emerging and cohering sonority of digital worship. Using as comparative case studies the timbral qualities of delay and ambience as promoted and sold by Worship Tutorials as representing normative…
Uncommon Experiences
Since Spring 2022, Mercer University (Mercer) and Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco (AUI) have collaborated on the design and implementation of a program exploring inter-religious dialogue, particularly between Muslims and Christians, rooted in commonalities in religious texts and practices. Since Spring 2023, this program has been augmented through engagement with musical styles and performances facilitated by local Moroccan experts. Fur…
Authenticity and purity in worship music
This article critically examines the concepts of authenticity and purity in musical worship, arguing that their prominence may obstruct broader social action and justice. While authenticity is often regarded as the hallmark of 'good' music, particularly in worship, this notion can lead to an overemphasis on personal devotion, distancing individuals from communal and societal concerns. Drawing on ethnomusicological perspectives, it explores how au…
Ethics and Christian Musicking
Music, Emotion, and Relationship in Christian Worship
Why do we sing during public, corporate worship? What is it about the act of singing—of making music more generally—that renders it “indispensable” to borrow Brian Wren’s term? 1 Certainly, there i
Embodying the Spirit
While I was in seminary, one of my professors remarked that he no longer participated in “worship music” because he experienced the same sensations and feelings at a Radiohead concert as he did whi
An Honest Question to Difficult Answers
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An Honest Question to Difficult Answers
Embodying the Spirit
While I was in seminary, one of my professors remarked that he no longer participated in “worship music” because he experienced the same sensations and feelings at a Radiohead concert as he did whi
Ethics and Christian Musicking
Music, Emotion, and Relationship in Christian Worship
Why do we sing during public, corporate worship? What is it about the act of singing—of making music more generally—that renders it “indispensable” to borrow Brian Wren’s term? 1 Certainly, there i
Introduction
How might attending to timbre shift the boundaries of the experiences and practices that come under the analytical purview of religion? What timbral qualities render prayer efficacious and invite divine encounter? What cosmological claims and social relations are forwarded through sounds invoked in religious rituals and gatherings? How do marginalized voices and instruments shape worshipping communities? On the other hand, how are dominant identi…
From The Heaviest, Dirtiest Depths to the Washy Ambient Clouds
This essay argues that within the socio-cultural context of North American Christianity, the timbral qualities of electric guitar, with its long lineage as a site of cultural values conflict and identity negotiation, serves a theological function in the emerging and cohering sonority of digital worship. Using as comparative case studies the timbral qualities of delay and ambience as promoted and sold by Worship Tutorials as representing normative…
Uncommon Experiences
Since Spring 2022, Mercer University (Mercer) and Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco (AUI) have collaborated on the design and implementation of a program exploring inter-religious dialogue, particularly between Muslims and Christians, rooted in commonalities in religious texts and practices. Since Spring 2023, this program has been augmented through engagement with musical styles and performances facilitated by local Moroccan experts. Fur…
Authenticity and purity in worship music
This article critically examines the concepts of authenticity and purity in musical worship, arguing that their prominence may obstruct broader social action and justice. While authenticity is often regarded as the hallmark of 'good' music, particularly in worship, this notion can lead to an overemphasis on personal devotion, distancing individuals from communal and societal concerns. Drawing on ethnomusicological perspectives, it explores how au…
Philosophy (6 works) · Theology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Worship (4 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (3 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (2 works) · Musical (2 works)