There Is a Higher Height in the Lord

Music, Worship, and Communication with God

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ID3326487
AuthorsThérèse Smith (0000-0001-9169-3209, University College Dublin, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume6
Issue2
Pages543-565
Publication date2015-04-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel6020543
OpenAlexW1980127715
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited14

Music is so vital in the services of African American Baptist churches that there are few moments in the service when music-either congregational or choral singing, or instrumental music of some sort-is not being performed. Sustained as an auditory or imagined presence, music acts almost as a timbral membrane for the presence of the Holy Spirit throughout the service. The Holy Spirit is physically manifested (inspiration by the Holy Spirit) in the church membership, predominantly (if not exclusively) in a musical context. In order to ground the general in the particular, I will give detailed consideration to two musical instances or events from the Sunday morning service at Clear Creek Missionary Baptist Church on 4 November 2012, contextualising those within a broader context

Acoustics · Archaeology · Art · Choir · Musical · Sacred music · Singing · Sociology · Theology · Visual arts · Worship · History · Music History and Culture · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society

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