Singing Theology from the Ground

Xiaoli Yang is Adjunct Faculty and Research Fellow at the University of Divinity.William A. Dyrness is Senior Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary.

"Singing Theology from the Ground pays profound attention to the work of God's Spirit in indigenous communities of faith. It is a collection that spans the globe and spans history. Something more than ethnomusicology emerges from this remarkable conversation, though music scholars will find a chorus of new conversation partners. Music becomes a lens for describing the losses and hopes of cultural translation, the surprising roots and wings of God's Spirit, and the mysteries of incarnation. It is practical theology crafted with committed, decolonial care, listening with hope for the unexpected melodies of the Divine." — Jerusha Matsen Neal, Associate Professor of Homiletics, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1 AFRICAChapter 1: Crafting Fulɓe Christian Songs as a Model for Decolonizing African Missiology and Theology in the Era of a Post-God WorldChapter 2: Rūẖullāh, "the Heart of God": A Perspective on Jesus from Muslim ContextsASIAChapter 3: Practices of Psalmody: De-Colonizing Mission in PakistanChapter 4: Canaan Hymns: Embedded, Embodied and Empowered--Singing from Country Fields to the Global StageLATIN AMERICAChapter 5: "And They Sang A New Song": Missiology and the Faces of Epistemic Inter-Colonialism through Music and Musiking at the Spanish Imperial Margins, 16th and 17th CenturiesChapter 6: Methodology: Approaches from Gunadule KnowledgeChapter 7: The Authentic Fusion Songs of the Xerente ChurchMIDDLE EASTChapter 8: Arab Christian Women's Voices in the Contemporary Middle East: Theological and Missiological Implications from Syriac Hymnology and the Daughters of the CovenantChapter 9: Redeeming Arabic Language and Music to Praise the Triune GodNORTH AMERICAChapter 10: Stream of Praise Music Ministries: Taiwanese-American Contemporary Christian Music as Evangelism to Chinese Christians Around the WorldChapter 11: Music as Good Medicine: First Nations Christian Efforts in Canada, 1600–2023Indigenous Response to "First Nations in Canada"OCEANIAChapter 12: "E! o le fana taavili ua oteote mai" ["Oh! The Machine Gun Chides"]: Samoan Songs of Resistance to the Violence of ColonialismChapter 13: "Exist and Resist": Hillsong Music's Engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PeoplesIndigenous Response to Hillsong Music's Engagement 267Part 2 ARTISTS' REFLECTIONS ON THEIR CREATIVE PROCESSArmenia Roots of Armenian Music: From Ancient Faith to Living SongARABNations Composing Arabic Christian MusicBRAZILXerente (Akwẽ) VoicesCANADAThe Call of the Drum: Music and Mohawk Cultural ExpressionCHINACanaan HymnsCOLOMBIASong of the Three RacesINDIASongs of Rejoicing from the Place of RejectionINDONESIA"Puji Tuhan buat Tahun Baru"RWANDAJado's Story: Inspiring Through the Love of God and SalvationVANUATUMusic Self-taught in VanuatuPart 3ABSTRACTS and AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTOR BIOS