... concept of love goes beyond law. It is written from within at the moment it is played. It is therefore the willingly shared self-expression of a human being at a given moment. Taking for example an often requested jazz tune, "My Favorite Things" by John Coltrane, we see that it is quite different from...

..., and concluded his remarks with a pronouncement that surprised everyone: "There is only one characteristic, in fact, that all of these musics share. They are all religious." The truth of his statement was all too obvious. Its implications, however, were not really clear to those at a conference whose real topic...

... the meaning of the Christian faith in the light of Scripture and the church's confessions. Each community humbly shares its insights and thinking with others in the church and with the world, knowing that theology is not a dead science but a living revelation created by a freely acting God who alone, as Barth...

... engaged in similar artistic and intellectual endeavors. "The Harlem Renaissance was basically a psychology-a state of mind or an attitude-shared by a number of black writers and intellectuals who centered their activities around Harlem in the later 1920s and early 1930s" (2). In addition, it is plausible...

...! 135 popular in the sense that it is like a current song hit, to do it. I know of no more popular and commercially successful composition than the erudite Ludwig van Beethoven's melodic little "Minuet in G." It is good that more and more people are sharing music in our country for music is created...

... share in the intratheological tensions between black church life and black nightlife. Spencer contends that without this immersion and this tension white scholars could conclude only that the blues represent an atheistic impulse in black communities. In lieu of these wrongful interpretations, Spencer...

... the line, " Jump jump jump there is peace in Jesus hallelujah." Worship Service 53 11 Thanksgiving (Rev. Demister Mthipela-Malawi) 7 12 Intercessions: (a) Prayer for Renewal (b) Prayer for Drought (c) Prayer for AIDS (d) Prayer for ACLCA (e) Lord's Prayer. 8 13 Sharing of a Meal9 14 Poem (Rev. Emmanuel...

... are varied and expressive of the African community. The resulting text, musical and verbal, is reflective of African Christians who worship outside a Western heritage. Although this may begin in private worship, it ultimately leads to sharing in the community of congregational settings. Musical pollinators...

... Catholic Clergy Caucus zealously responded to these diverse developments toward cultural inclusiveness by proposing a means of sharing their spiritual ··gifts'' and their racial and cultural heritage-an African American Catholic hymnal. The end product of this proposition was lead Me, Guide Me, published...

... glad (verse 1), (2) the song of salvation and strength (verse 2), (3) the song of joy (verses 3 & 6), (4) the song of thanksgiving (verse 4), and (5) the song of praise (verse 5). The hymn, "It Is Well," became a very significant part of the shared experience between me as preacher and the congregation...

... of reinterpretation that sought to image a Christ that shared the hopes and aspirations of black people. William Apel's contribution to this volume also offers a reflection on the particular and the universal in Thurman. Apel suggests that the dynamics of particularity and universality are of great hermeneutical...

... and act. Spirituality is a transcendent form of meaning and therefore must be symbolized in order to be communicated. It is the ability to communicate meaning that enables it to be shared, and the extent to which meaning is shared that enables it to develop an appearance of facticity. Music interests us...

... of "soul" in order to just keep rollin' along. Out of the sustained racial hostility and injustice at our school emerged this shared experience of power and perseverance, and the music of the Temptations was therapy. In more technical terms, because we were subsisting in a decep- tively camouflaged Jim...

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... [ I ,@jf f t; f~I I ~I load of care? cloud they come, in your breast? Come to Me, I'll Come and I will Come to Me , I'll ease your bur- den, save yo u from them, ease you of them , ff~ " @jff# ~ I I I -ff~ ' ~b I -b. I ~q ' r ~will all your will give you will give you fi ,I r~sor- rows share . peace...

... the bless- ed ti- dings Know that with the Sav- iour peo- pie ev- ' ry- whe re ; spread from shore n shore, a ll ma y share a pan, Tell- ing of J r a Sav- iour That the way is o- pen That the blest as- sur- ance. born in Beth- le- hem , and the work is done, com- ing from the Lord, i~b~~ ' t· w#f ~ J r How...

... of theomusicology that (in his words) "if we Christians understand how popular music may contain ideas about God and religion, we can better share our faith more effectively with young people.118 The "sour note" for the editorialist is the referencing of Prince. "Spencer strikes a jarring chord with his key example...

... a ll are hap- PY, Where there are plea- su res Where with the Lord, H is ~ rb f ~ ~ tI# I j r I I j f r J r of the alf, J y home, m y home is brig h t and fair, My home, m y home is free from care, My home, m y ho me is ev- e r rare, My h ome, my h ome is g lo- ry share, My home, m y home is ?f1 f r...

... expression and icon theology, as they have been elaborated within the Christian tradition, point to important common beliefs generally shared by all Christians regarding the person and work of Jesus Christ. As "visible and necessary witness[es] to the reality and humanity of Christ," 1 icons are sacramental...

... "singing the heavenly chorus" and that he found his heart wonderfully "in tune with it" so that he was able to join in. 25 Another shared this testimony: A little later in the evening, as a young brother was testifying, he began to sing in another language: "O Jesus, Thou wonderful Savior." After a few...