RCS 358
Worship and its Music
Fall 2022
Topics
- Christian worship as public ritual
- Music’s ritual functions
- Indigenous and Black perspectives
- Historical and cultural contexts of worship
- Observation and analysis of worship services
Readings
- Christian Worship: 100,000 Sundays of Symbols and Rituals
- Swee Hong Lim and Lester Ruth — Lovin’ on Jesus: A Concise History of Contemporary Worship (2017).
- Monique Marie Ingalls — Singing the Congregation (2018).
- Michael David McNally — Ojibwe Singers (2009).
- James K. A. Smith — Desiring the Kingdom (2011).
- Melvin Butler — Island Gospel (2019).
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Fall 2022
- Linked from the theology archive, but this document explicitly lists the undergraduate cross-listed courses only. Source uses RS 358; the current catalogue prefix is RCS 358.