Hi friends – Robin Harris and I are going to be at the Society for Ethnomusicology’s national meeting in Bloomington, Indiana, 7-10 November 2019. If you will be there, please join us for an informal gathering of Christian ethnomusicologists Friday, 8 Nov at the D.O. Restaurant. It’s Korean and Asian fusion fare, a .8 mile…
How do people you know outside of the Western world experience God’s grace through song? Wycliffe and SIL have their annual World Day of Prayer on Nov 11, 2019, on the theme of grace. They help people prepare through devotionals and links to songs. So far, the songs have all been Western. I have asked…
Want to learn to help communities use their artistic talents and passions to share the love of God and respond to spiritual, social, and physical needs? Join us for a one-week interactive, practical learning experience March 10-15, 2019, available for credit and non-credit options.
Katie VanBuren and I just published Make Arts for a Better Life: A Guide for Working With Communities, Oxford UP, 2018. It’s a derivative of William Carey Library’s Creating Local Arts Together: A Manual to Help Communities Reach Their Kingdom goals, with 2 main differences. First, it doesn’t make explicit reference to church or theological…
Hello all! I hope everyone is having an excellent month so far. Starting next week, and continuing through the end of November, the GEN Facebook page will be posting videos, articles, etc. about trauma healing. If you have any examples of the use of the arts for trauma healing, please email me so I can…
Hello all! We’re halfway through May, so I was wanting to check in to see if anyone had any examples of fusion art, i.e. artistic expressions that meld genres, languages, and/or cultures. If so, I would love to be able to add your examples to the GEN library. Please email me at resources@worldofworship.org! Also, if…
Name: Dr. Roberta King Organizational Affiliation: Fuller Theological Seminary; Associate Professor of Communication & Ethnomusicology How did you get started in ethnodoxology? I left for Nairobi, Kenya in 1978 asking God if he could use me-a woman and a musician- in mission. This was highly unusual at that time. I love how the Lord said,…