Church Music

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Church Music in Context: A Study of Judeo-Christian Traditions from its inception to 1500 c.e. Church music is an incredibly expansive topic that exists within a very broad context. This course will introduce you to the broad issues and the major trends in the history of church music, liturgy, religious aesthetics, and the arts. The class will consider three related, generative questions: (1) Institutional: How have music, liturgy, and the arts been integrated into the life of Judeo-Christian religious institutions? (2) Theological: How has the Judeo-Christian tradition thought about music, liturgy, and the arts throughout its history? (3) Practical: What genres or styles of music, liturgy, and the arts have risen to prominence in the Judeo-Christian tradition.