Open Up the Doors - Music in the Modern Church - Mark Evans
The Rise and Rise of Pentecostal Music: History, Hillsong and Star Texts
Open Up the Doors - Music in the Modern Church - Mark Evans
Mark Evans [+]
Macquarie University
Mark Evans is Head of the Department of Contemporary Music Studies at Macquarie University and is co-editor of Perfect Beat - The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture. He has published articles on a range of topics, including: the use of sound in the 'Matrix' films; copyright; CD-Rom; Christian music; rock journalism; and country music in Australia. He is also a pianist and has recorded and performed in various contemporary styles.He is the author of Open up the Doors: Music in the Modern Church (2006) and editor of the Encyclopedia of Film Music and Sound (Equinox, forthcoming).
Description
The growth in contemporary forms of congregational song can be directly linked to the proliferation and increased inuence of Pentecostal churches worldwide. Pentecostal churches are by far the dominant producers of contemporary congregational music, and often have the larger congregation sizes and matrixes of ideologically aligned networks to support ourishing production centres.