Worship and mission for the global church : an ethnodoxology handbook / James R. Krabill, general editor ; Frank Fortunato, Robin P. Harris, Brian Schrag, editors. [print]

SECTION I: FOUNDATIONS -- Encountering God: worship and body life -- Biblical foundations of Christian worship -- Significance of beauty and excellence in Biblical worship -- God's creation and human creativity: seven affirmations -- Cultural -- "The Bridge" : worship between Bible and culture -- Artistic expression in Early Christianity -- Ways of contextualizing church music: some Asian examples -- Historical -- How song sustained the church -- Global shift from North to South: implications for Latin American worship -- Whole world has gone "glocal" -- Missiological -- Ethnoartistic cocreation in the Kingdom of God -- Designing multicultural worship with the Missio Dei in mind -- Ethnodramatology for community engagement -- Liturgical -- Shall we dance: reflections on the Nairobi statement on worship and culture -- Worship challenges in multicultural churches : Bethlehem Baptist experience -- "The Canaan hymns" : songs of the house-church Christians in China -- Personal -- Great misconception: why music is not a universal language -- Mentoring artists -- Culturally appropriate worship : my story as a Cameroonian Pastor Andrew E. Hill -- Emily R. Brink -- Harold M. Best -- Ron Man -- Eleanor Krieder -- I-to Loh -- Frank Fortunato -- David D. Ruiz -- Jaewoo Kim -- Brian Schrag -- Josh Davis -- Julisa Rowe -- Anne Zaki -- Chuck Steddom -- Irene Ai-Ling Sun -- Robin P. Harris -- Mary Elizabeth Saurman -- Roch Ntankeh -- Engaging God's world: witness and community-based ministry -- Biblical -- Missional impulse toward incarnational worship in the New Testament -- Bible storying with the creative arts for church planting -- Art and gospel: the necessity of artistic fullness -- Cultural -- Musical bridges in Christian communication: lessons for the church -- Spare them Western music -- Making a difference in a week: eight principles for art making in short-term engagement -- Historical -- Cross-cultural communication through symbol -- Challenge of indigenizing Christian worship: an example form India -- Contextualizing visual arts for faith sharing -- Missiological -- What happens to music when cultures meet: Six stages of music development in African churches -- A framework for incorporating arts in short-term missions -- Visual arts as a bridge to engaging people of other cultures -- Liturgical -- Transformative worship in a Malaysian context -- The worship wheel -- Local arts and worship development in church planting -- Personal -- Each person's part nourishes the whole: my story -- Arts and trauma healing in situations of violence and conflict -- Three worlds converged : living in an oral, literate, and digital culture. John Piper -- Tom Ferguson -- Steven C. Hawthorne -- Roberta R. King -- Vida Chenoweth -- J. Nathan Corbitt with Sarah Rohrer -- C. Michael Hawn and Swee Hong Lim -- Jacob Joseph -- Scott Rayl -- James R. Krabill -- Ian Collinge -- Geinene Carson -- Sooi Ling Tan -- Todd Saurman -- William N. Harris -- Jean Ngoya Kidula -- Harriet Hill -- Samuel E. Chiang.

SECTION 2: STORIES -- Africa-General -- Do they have sin? -- A sabbatical year in Africa that changed everything Roberta R. King -- Mary K. Oyer -- Africa-Central -- Engelbert Mveng: a theology of life expressed in art -- Hymnbooks as a stimulus to reading and more -- Love motive Scott Rayl -- Ken Hollingsworth -- Brian Schrag -- Africa-East -- Heavenly liturgy -- Delightful pandemonium: dance in the Sudan -- Eritrea and Sudan: worship in the midst of suffering -- Chanting the Scriptures -- "Even the frogs are singing!" -- "From now on, Give us this Bread" Lila Balisky -- Frank Fortunato -- George Luke -- Mae Alice Reggy -- Julie Taylor -- Julie Taylor -- Africa-North -- God will make a way -- Chanting the Gospel of John : an experimental approach -- Scripture memorization: key to peace Carol Brinnerman -- Sue Hall and Richard Shawyer -- Anne Zaki -- Africa-Southern -- Ntsikana : the first great Xhosa hymn writer -- A Pentecost moment -- Turning sermon notes into song -- Creating processions and passion play in Southern Africa James R. Krabill -- Joyce Scott -- Greg Kernaghan -- C. Michael Hawn and Swee Hong Lim -- Africa-West -- Touching the heart strings -- Philippians and James, with a dash of Mellet beer and Madmen -- Skillful musicians, composing at the speed of light -- Story and song in Kpele-Dafo: an innovative church planting model among an oral culture of Togo -- "Now there's something interesting in Church!" -- Unity in diversity through music and language in The Gambia -- New choir songs-ones everyone can understand -- Ministry and music in Sierra Leone -- Your ways are straight: a Scripture song workshop in Sierra Leone -- Holy Week drama according to Matthew -- How a West African evangelist unleashed musical creativity among new believers -- Feeble knees and a new Puguli voice -- Indigenous Proverbs: opening doors to the heart -- Creating a Farm Blessing Church service -- User-friendly hymns for the Akyode Tom Avery -- Rob Baker -- Rob Baker -- Jim and Carla Bowman -- Leticia Dzokotoe -- Sue Hall-Keimbecker -- Sue Hall-Keimbecker -- Kedra Larsen Kinney -- Kedra Larsen Kinney -- James R. and Jeanette Krabill -- James R. Krabill -- Kember Lillo -- W. Jay Moon -- Paul Neeley -- Paul Neeley -- America-Latin -- Worshiping God Wounaan-style -- Believing is singing -- Now we can speak to God-in song Rob Binder -- Robert Campbell -- At night his song is with me -- Heber Negrao -- Jack Popjes -- America-North -- Cultivating and contextualizing arts in Worship for minority groups -- A laughing party and contextualized Worship -- Mosaic Church of North Carolina: from the ground up -- Multiethnic worship in the crucible of the campus; the story of InterVarsity at Virginia Commonwealth University David M. Bailey -- Mark Charles -- Kenneth L. Wallace -- Kenneth L. Wallace, Jr -- Asia-East -- Japanese Black Gospel choirs: a counterintuitive approach to contextualization -- Praise Dance: an exercise in relationship building -- Aroma of beauty: music in disaster relief -- NamSeoul Grace Church: glorifying God through the arts -- Gift Rap Gay Fujino -- Wil LaVeist -- Roger W. Lowther -- Steve S.C. Moon -- Chieko Larrimore -- Asia-South -- Only God can wash away sin -- Hallelujah Perahera: religious processions in Sri Lanka -- Storytellers of Dulumpur -- Local culture communicates best -- Where Hindu and Christian worlds meet: through the Yeshu Bhakti music of Aradhna -- Bel Canto in India's Northeast: Young Naga Artists fuse opera, rockabilly and their faith -- Power of music in the Lhomi Church -- Gospel and local art forms -- Film and art open Tibetan hearts to the Gospel -- Geometric design and symbolic colors: visual Gospel contextualization among Hindu immigrants -- Rhythm and Rhymes Anonymous -- Michael T. Balonek -- Carla Bowman -- Frank Fortunato -- Christopher Dicran Hale -- Michael T. Heneise -- James Lhomi -- B.E. Bharathi Nuthalapati -- John Oswald -- Scott Rayl -- Eric Sarwar -- Asia-Southeast -- Born across borders, raised in a refugee camp: the history of the Cambodian hymnal -- Faith and the arts in Bali's diverse, creative culture -- Balinese Christian painter Nyoman Darsane: Bali is my body, Christ is my life -- Sawai Chinnawong: the Gospel in traditional Thai art -- Indonesian shadow puppetry illuminates Bible stories -- Singing from the hills Alice Compain -- John D. Pierce -- Scott Rayl -- Scott Rayl -- Scott Rayl -- Janet Seever -- Caribbean and Australia -- "I don't think in English!" -- Meet Kevin "Nana Moses" Calvert -- Rehab in Jamaica : Creole songs and Scripture -- Haiti's unending song -- An Australian Worship leader's journey from Hillsong to "Singing up Country" Jo-Anne Faith Richards -- Jo-Ann Faith Richards -- Jo-Ann Faith Richards -- Laurie Williams -- Tanya Riches -- Europe-Eurasia -- Just as it should be -- Jubilate foundation in Romania -- Konstantin Zhigulin interview Mark Charles -- Richard S. Mauney -- Robin P. Harris -- Middle East -- Glorifying God through elocution -- Parables through dance -- Artistic adaptations of Scripture Story among women of Oral cultures Pam Wilson -- Pam Wilson -- Carla Bowman -- Worldwide -- Victorious faith in the midst of persecution -- Fleshing out the Gospel woldwide through the arts -- From trickling tributaries to rushing rivers: Fifty years of Music Missions -- Equipment -- Artists hold keys to Unreached People Groups -- Worship in my language. Nik Ripken -- Roger W. Lowther -- Frank Fortunato -- Frank Fortunato -- John Oswald -- Brian Schrag.

SECTION 3: TOOLS -- Arts advocacy -- How to advocate for arts on the field and in the church -- Promoting arts awareness and education in the Church -- Determining your role as an arts advocate and facilitator -- How to address objections in the work of arts advocacy -- Dealing effectively with opponents on the field -- When they won't listen Dianne B. Collard -- Brian Schrag -- Robin P. Harris -- William N. Harris -- Teaching -- How to design and conduct an arts workshop -- Designing arts workshops for mother-tongue speakers -- Encouraging the development of relevant arts in the lives of believers -- How to create an arts curriculum -- Creative arts in Mission training at All Nations Christian College -- Diploma program at Luther W. New Jr. Theological College -- Arts curriculum at Fuller Theological Seminary -- Ethnomusicology developments at Liberty University -- Teaching an arts course online -- Mentoring Artists -- Starting an apprenticeship program Kenneth R. Hollingsworth and Heber Negrao -- Todd and Mary Beth Sauman -- Jill Ford -- Jacob Joseph -- Roberta R. King -- John L. Benham -- Katherine Morehouse -- Sue Hall-Heimbecker -- Ian Collinge -- Worship -- How to develop culturally appropriate worship -- Developing culturally appropriate Worship -- Developing Urban arts -- How to foster multicultural worship -- Worshiping with the Global Church -- Three obstacles to overcome -- Drawing your community toward a culture of multiethnic Worship -- Moving from monocultural to multicultural Worship -- Honoring diverse heart languages in a Christian community -- How to disciple worship leadership -- G-A-T-H-E-R: six principles for discipling Worship leaders -- Seven recommendations for mentoring Worship Leaders -- How to integrate arts and preaching -- Illuminating the Word : arts in preaching -- Integrating arts and preaching -- How to integrate arts with scripture proclamation -- Bringing Scripture to life with artistic creativity -- Scripture and the arts of Story, movement and music -- Scripture relevance dramas Julisa Rowe -- David M. Bailey -- C. Michael Hawn -- David M. Bailey -- Kenneth L. Wallace -- Ian Collinge -- David M. Bailey -- Byron Spradlin -- Jaewoo and Joy Kim -- Kenneth L. Wallace -- Rochelle L. Cathcart -- Julisa Rowe -- Jeff Barker -- Michelle Petersen -- Research and Cocreation -- How to plan for more local arts arts effectiveness -- Planning an arts showcase event -- Evaluating and improving local arts -- Making effective video and audio recordings -- Commissioning artistic works -- How to create local arts together -- Creating local arts together the manual summary Brian Schrag -- Brian Schrag -- Cory Cummins, William N. Harris, and Mary Hendershott -- Paul Neeley -- Julsia Rowe.

"Worship and Mission for the Global Church offers theological reflection, case studies, practical tools, and audiovisual resources to help the global church appreciate and generate culturally appropriate arts in worship and witness. Drawing on the expertise and experience of over one hundred writers from twenty countries, the volume integrates insights from the fields of ethnomusicology, biblical research, worship studies, missiology, and the arts."

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