Music as Prayer: The Theology and Practice of Church Music

by Thomas H. Troeger

Book Overview

Music as Prayer explores the spiritual and theological character of church music. Author Thomas H. Troeger--a theologian, preacher, poet and flutist-traces how making and listening to music can be an act of prayer, a way of sensing the irrepressible resilience of the divine vitalities, in down-to-earth language that everyone can enjoy. The book employs a wide range of perspectives: from scientific observations about the effect of music on the brain,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199330085
• ISBN13: 9780199330089
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.1"