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Taking seriously the practice and not just the theory of music,
this ground-breaking collection of essays establishes a new
standard for the interdisciplinary conversation between theology,
musicology, and liturgical studies. The public making of music in
our society happens more often in the context of chapels, churches,
and cathedrals than anywhere else. The command to sing and make
music to God makes music an essential part of the DNA of Christian
worship. The book's three main parts address questions about the
history, the performative contexts, and the nature of music. Its
opening four chapters traces how accounts of music and its relation
to God, the cosmos, and the human person have changed dramatically
through Western history, from the patristic period through
medieval, Reformation and modern times. A second section examines
the role of music in worship, and asks what-if anything-makes a
piece of music suitable for religious use. The final part of the
book shows how the serious discussion of music opens onto
considerations of time, tradition, ontology, anthropology,
providence, and the nature of God. A pioneering set of explorations
by a distinguished group of international scholars, this book will
be of interest to anyone interested in Christianity's long
relationship with music, including those working in the fields of
theology, musicology, and liturgical studies.
This book presents a detailed sociolinguistic study of the
traditionally Catalan-speaking areas of Southern France, and sheds
new light on language attitudes, phonetic variation, language
ideologies and minority language rights. The region's complex dual
identity, both Catalan and French, both peripheral and strategic,
is shown to be reflected in the book's attitudinal findings which
in turn act as reliable predictors of phonetic variation. The
author's careful discursive analysis paints a clear picture of the
linguistic ideological landscape: in which French dominates as the
language of status and prestige. This innovative work, employing
cutting-edge mixed methods, provides an in-depth account of an
under-examined language situation, and draws on this research to
propose a number of policy recommendations to protect minority
rights for speakers of Catalan in the region. Combining language
attitudes, sociophonetics, discourse studies, and language policy,
this will provide an invaluable reference for scholars of French
and Catalan studies and minority languages around the world.
This book presents a detailed sociolinguistic study of the
traditionally Catalan-speaking areas of Southern France, and sheds
new light on language attitudes, phonetic variation, language
ideologies and minority language rights. The region's complex dual
identity, both Catalan and French, both peripheral and strategic,
is shown to be reflected in the book's attitudinal findings which
in turn act as reliable predictors of phonetic variation. The
author's careful discursive analysis paints a clear picture of the
linguistic ideological landscape: in which French dominates as the
language of status and prestige. This innovative work, employing
cutting-edge mixed methods, provides an in-depth account of an
under-examined language situation, and draws on this research to
propose a number of policy recommendations to protect minority
rights for speakers of Catalan in the region. Combining language
attitudes, sociophonetics, discourse studies, and language policy,
this will provide an invaluable reference for scholars of French
and Catalan studies and minority languages around the world.
Justice in Public Life comprises three essays which are edited
versions of lectures delivered at Westminster Abbey Institute by
Revd Dr James Hawkey, Dr Claire Foster-Gilbert and Revd Jane
Sinclair. The essays look at the meaning of justice for the 21st
century expressed through principles; justice as it can be
expressed by our public service institutions; and how justice is
expressed in society more widely. Justice in Public Life brings a
dry concept to life in a call to public servants to nurture it as a
virtue pursued individually and communally, as a means to serve
human flourishing.
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