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February 2021

February 04, 2021

I Will Not Remain Silent

I was delighted to have the opportunity to speak yesterday via Zoom with composer Bruce...

February 02, 2021

Do Not Destroy

We have all been warned about YouTube comments, right? But I did come across one...

January 2021

January 29, 2021

The Bible and Music: Relevant Composition List

I have a document that is now 34 pages long in Word that is a...

January 22, 2021

Announcing P4: The Panentheist and Progressive Praise Project

A Facebook friend shared a song idea on Facebook, I expressed appreciation and shared something...

January 08, 2021

You Shall Go Out With Joy

I cannot hear these words, "You shall go out with joy," without thinking of the...

January 02, 2021

Psalm 150 (Music and the Bible)

I will be testing out parts of a new open textbook I am writing on...

December 2020

December 21, 2020

Supper’s Ready Live

I have blogged about the Genesis song Supper's Ready before (links to those previous posts...

December 12, 2020

Lyres on Coins

Having finally wrapped up work on some other projects, including wrapping up loose ends and...

October 2020

October 29, 2020

Kansas and the Good Lord Bird

A great many of my blog posts are born from the unexpected intersections and connections...

October 24, 2020

More Bible and Music

Let me begin with two items of news from around blogs. One is the discovery...

October 11, 2020

Bible and Music Update

Time for another round-up of things related to the Bible and music that I've come...

September 2020

September 30, 2020

Tony Banks’ Theology

I've been interested in the religious themes of Tony Banks' songs both as part of...

September 28, 2020

Neal Morse, Sola Gratia

Having wrapped up a number of other writing projects, I return my attention to two...

September 27, 2020

#CFP The Image of Religion & Political Theology in Contemporary Pop Culture

Call for Papers: The Image of Religion & Political Theology in Contemporary Pop Culture The highly...

September 21, 2020

The Theology of Images in Shoenberg’s Moses und Aron

A really important work in the history of music, never mind the musical reception of...

September 13, 2020

Religion and Science Fiction: The Musical Episode with Space Hippies

I started one session of my Religion and Science Fiction class this past week with...

September 10, 2020

ReligionProf Podcast with Aaron Abrahamson Cote

I promised a few months ago that sometime soon I would have a conversation with...

August 2020

August 27, 2020

Music Lessons and Genes

This post was prompted by a piece written by Carol Westbrook in which she writes:...

August 13, 2020

Alleluia! New Patheos Blog on the Bible and Music!

I am delighted to share the news and help spread the word that Delvyn Case...

August 09, 2020

#CFP Heartland: U2’s Looking For American Soul An International Virtual U2 Conference For Scholars And Fans

Heartland: U2’s Looking For American Soul An International Virtual U2 Conference For Scholars And Fans...

July 2020

July 19, 2020

Vale Decem, Keep Your Faith: Choral Music of Doctor Who

As I've been writing about the Doctor Who episode The Battle of Ranskoor av Kolos I've...

June 2020

June 26, 2020

Arthur C. Clarke Prog Rock

I'm not sure how I missed that Arthur C. Clarke's story Childhood's End had inspired...

June 14, 2020

More Biblical Music

Another composer that YouTube kindly introduced me to is Enjott Schneider . As soon...

June 12, 2020

A Call for Compositions Setting Biblical Texts #CFP

Bob MacDonald is launching a project to turn the melodies that emerge from the text...

May 2020

May 23, 2020

Developing an Open Textbook on the Bible and Music

I am delighted to have good news to share that our local academic library consortium...

May 21, 2020

Theology of Once in a Lifetime

It's an iconic song and arguably one of the most recognizable there is. It is...

May 19, 2020

Happenstance Enochic Musical Connections

I love the way the internet makes interesting and genuinely useful connections between things that...

May 13, 2020

Seven Psalms and Seven Heavens

I've long thought there should be more musical settings of biblical texts in a jazz...

May 06, 2020

Teenage Wasteland Theology

Loren Rosson writes about the classic rock song “Baba O’Reilly” by The Who: [The 1970s]...

April 2020

April 28, 2020

Religious Pioneers in Popular Music and Challenging Patriarchy, Heteronormativity and Racism

There is a good piece in The Paris Review about the role of pop music breaking...

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