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O Sing Unto the Lord
O Sing Unto the Lord
A History of English Church Music
A History of English Church Music
Andrew Gant
The past truly is a foreign country. Choral music barely existed outside the high church cathedrals from the height of the reformation, when the monks in Eversham Abbey broke off their evensong in the middle of the Magnificat's 'Deposuet potentes' ('He hath put down the mighty'), to Wesley's hymnody and the Oxford Revival. Traditional psalm singing in the parish churches was considered so marginally religious that it was restricted to before and after the service when the vicar was out 'putting on the habit'. Sumptuous reproductions of the pivotal music highlight the influences of the sacred and profane, continental and insular trends, and political pressure on the development of the Anglican choral tradition.
Being a Christian cannot be about saving up brownie points and going to heaven when we die. Jesus said "Today you will be with me in paradise" - not heaven.
Rather, having witnessed the bodily resurrection of Jesus (in a body that is as wheat is to its seed), we have a job to do: to build God's kingdom 'on earth as it is in heaven'.
Like a stonemason carving a single stone for a cathedral, we join a construction project that began before we were born, we may never glimpse the architect's plans, and we may not live long enough to see the cathedral completed, but our trust in the architect means that our work is not wasted.
Our mission is to join the work to bring about peace, justice, beauty, and the Good News to this world, here, now.
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The former Archbishop of Canterbury explores the essential practices of Christian life in the Anglican tradition.
The Nazareth Community at St Martin-in-the-Fields is a reimagining of monastic disciplines and work, here, in our lives, now.
"Why do we expect justice? Why do we crave spirituality? Why are we attracted to beauty? Why are relationships often so painful? And how will the world be made right? These are not simply perennial questions all generations must struggle with, but, according to NT Wright, the very echoes of a voice we dimly perceive but deeply long to hear. In fact, these questions take us into the heart of who God is and what He wants from us."
Rowan Williams
Is there a place for Christian theology in public policy debates? The former Archbishop of Canterbury traverses topics ranging from secularism to the climate crisis, economics, justice and multiculturalism to demonstrate where communities of faith contribute a vital and necessary perspective to political debate.
J Ruka
The modern church needs to become a missionary church in its own country. That will require a change from sending missionaries like soldiers to a foreign country to re-evaluating the treasures that are already here.
"... the sounds we make raise questions not only about how we live and about why we have created the environment we have, but that these soundscapes start to reveal deeper theological questions about who we are, of what we are afraid of and in whom we trust."
He Karakia Mihinare o Ao
Geoffrey Haworth
A surprisingly interesting explanation of the making of the Anglican Prayer Book in New Zealand.
Duncan Damor, Jack McDonald, Jeremy Caddick (eds)
8 Anglican perspectives on modern challenges, with preface by Rowan Williams
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