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Welcome to the International Council of Ethnodoxologists web
site!
The
vision of ICE is that
Christians from every culture will have the opportunity to express
their faith through their own heart music and arts.
To further this vision, we seek to promote the application of
insights drawn from the fields of ethnomusicology, worship
studies, and other disciplines in Christian ministries
worldwide.Have you
thought about your own favored forms of "heart music"? Take
this questionnaire
here (in
Adobe
PDF format).
Statements of Faith: the
Nicene Creed,
the
EFMA/IFMA, or the
Lausanne Covenant.
Read Psalm 100:1 in a variety of
translations
and languages by clicking the above verse.
The above is Psalm 100:1 in
Tamil, a language of India. |
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GCoMM 2006 |
Go
here to read
2006 Global Consultation
on Music and Missions: Personal Reflections by Frank Fortunato |
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Affirming …
- That music is a universal
phenomenon, but not a universal language; i.e. our response to
music is learned and not intrinsic,
- That music systems differ in
structure, function, use, and even the concept of what is music,
- That if foreign music is used
for evangelism or in the church it may strongly stamp
Christianity as being a foreign religion,
- That in using the culturally
appropriate music system we are tapping into a system of
communication that is already recognized, appreciated and
understood…
We, the members of ICE, will strive toward encouraging the use
of heart musics, the musical systems that a person learns as a
child or youth and that most fully express his or her
emotions. A person’s heart music may be rural, urban, or include
several different music systems.
Our encouragement of heart music will include:
- Showing appreciation for the
various forms of heart music found in our region.
- Participating in
singing/playing local heart music whenever appropriate
- Studying local heart musics
- Suggesting alternatives to
hymn translation
- Encouraging culturally
appropriate music styles in the life of the local church.
Biblical criteria will be suggested to local believers who can
then discuss and select appropriate styles.
This section of our site features articles from around the world
including Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America.
Links to many articles about worship, by John Piper and others, are also
featured.
There are also links to essays about worship from the perspective of
world religions.
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