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The articles here deal with liturgical music. Two topics receive
special attention: the curiously negative role that musical
instruments play in ancient cult music and the development of
ecclesiastical song in early Christianity. The first series of
articles treats classical Greek ethical notions of instruments, the
status of instruments in Temple and Synagogue, and the absence of
instruments from early Christian and medieval church music. The
next parts trace the psalmody and hymnody of the Christian
tradition, from its roots in Judaism to the origins of Gregorian
chant in 7th-century Rome. Throughout, the writings of the
Christian Church fathers such as Augustine, Ambrose, Basil and John
Chrysostom underpin the author's analysis and presentation.
From the series examining the development of music in specific
places during particular times, this book looks at ancient and
medieval music, from Classical and Christian antiquity to the
emergence of the Gregorian chant and the medieval town and Court.
At nightfall on June 22, 1965, a soldier walked in from the
outskirts of a small town in the Dominican Republic and reported
that he had just shot and killed two policemen and an outspoken
Canadian Catholic priest. It was the opening scene in a mystery
that, forty years later, compels J.B. MacKinnon, a nephew of the
murdered missionary, to investigate what many believe was a
carefully plotted assassination. MacKinnon's search takes him to
corners of the country that are far from the paradise seen by
millions of tourist visitors. He meets with former revolutionaries,
shadowy generals who live in hiding and the struggling Dominicans
for whom the dead priest is a martyr, perhaps even a saint. Dead
Man in Paradise is a true story with the suspense of a classic
mystery novel, the immediacy of reportage and the insight of a
travelogue. More than any of these, it is a personal examination of
one of the gravest challenges of our times: finding a balance
between our longing to hold the guilty to account for their crimes
and the deep human need to forgive.
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