Brian Schrag – författare

Artistic Dynamos: An Ethnography on Music in Central African Kingdoms uses stories and research from Ngiembɔɔn communities of Central and West Cameroon as touchstones for proposing new approaches to arts scholarship and community development. Building on the results of ethnographic research, artistic action is viewed through the lens of communication. This view brings a picture of increased cultural energy in the enactment of artistic genres—those with melodic, rhythmic, poetic, dramatic, visual, and performative features. Schrag’s treatise will change how scholars across disciplines understand and engage with the arts. This volume offers methods for improved scholarship, resulting in communities living better lives. The author’s website contains the video and audio recordings discussed in the book, plus full color versions of many photos and diagrams.

www.ArtisticDynamos.com

Artistic Dynamos: An Ethnography on Music in Central African Kingdoms uses stories and research from Ngiembɔɔn communities of Central and West Cameroon as touchstones for proposing new approaches to arts scholarship and community development. Building on the results of ethnographic research, artistic action is viewed through the lens of communication. This view brings a picture of increased cultural energy in the enactment of artistic genres—those with melodic, rhythmic, poetic, dramatic, visual, and performative features. Schrag’s treatise will change how scholars across disciplines understand and engage with the arts. This volume offers methods for improved scholarship, resulting in communities living better lives. The author’s website contains the video and audio recordings discussed in the book, plus full color versions of many photos and diagrams.

www.ArtisticDynamos.com

Worship and Mission for the Global Church offers theological reflection, case studies, practical tools, and audiovisual resources to help the global church appreciate and generate culturally appropriate arts in worship and witness. Drawing on the expertise and experience of over one hundred writers from twenty countries, the volume integrates insights from the fields of ethnomusicology, biblical research, worship studies, missiology, and the arts.

This book is the first in a two-volume set on the principles and practices of ethnodoxology. The second volume, entitled Creating Local Arts Together, guides the practitioner through a detailed seven-step process of assisting a local community’s efforts at integrating its arts with the values and purposes of God’s kingdom.

An Ethnodoxolgy Handbook

Worship and Mission for the Global Church offers theological reflection, case studies, practical tools, and audiovisual resources to help the global church appreciate and generate culturally appropriate arts in worship and witness. Drawing on the expertise and experience of over one hundred writers from twenty countries, the volume integrates insights from the fields of ethnomusicology, biblical research, worship studies, missiology, and the arts.

This book is the first in a two-volume set on the principles and practices of ethnodoxology. The second volume, entitled Creating Local Arts Together, guides the practitioner through a detailed seven-step process of assisting a local community’s efforts at integrating its arts with the values and purposes of God’s kingdom.

God''s Arts for God''s Reign

People communicate by speaking words in over seven thousand languages around the world. They also sing, dance, paint, preach, dramatize, and design communication that enlivens heart, soul, mind, and strength. God gave every community unique gifts of artistic expression to enable its members to proclaim the Truth and to bring healing, hope, and joy to others in the fallen world in which we live.

Community Arts for God''s Purposes highlights the CLAT (Creating Local Arts Together) method, a seven-step process that inspires artistic creativity and collaboration with local musicians, dancers, storytellers, actors, and visual artists. In this manual, the arts are treated as special kinds of communication systems, connected to specific times, places, and social contexts. As local communities use the creative gifts developed in their particular culture to worship God and extend his kingdom, a beautiful example of the Lord’s complex artistry emerges.

This book helps communities draw on examples and insights from over two thousand years of church history to understand and improve the present. It motivates people by painting a vivid picture of a better future: the kingdom of Heaven. Contributors also apply expertise from multiple academic disciplines, such as ethnomusicology, performance studies, anthropology, biblical studies, and missiology.

Artes de Dios para el Reino de Dios

Las personas se comunican hablando palabras en más de siete mil idiomas en todo el mundo. También cantan, bailan, pintan, predican, dramatizan y diseñan una comunicación que anima el corazón, el alma, la mente y la fuerza. Dios le dio a cada comunidad dones únicos de expresión artística para permitir a sus miembros proclamar la Verdad y traer sanación, esperanza y alegría a otros en el mundo caído en el que vivimos. 

Artes Comunitarias Para los Propósitos de Dios destaca el método CALC (Creando Artes Locales en Conjuntos), un proceso de siete pasos que inspira la creatividad artística y la colaboración con músicos, bailarines, narradores, actores y artistas visuales locales. En este manual, las artes se tratan como tipos especiales de sistemas de comunicación, conectados a momentos, lugares y contextos sociales específicos. A medida que las comunidades locales utilizan los dones creativos desarrollados en su cultura particular para adorar a Dios y extender su reino, surge un hermoso ejemplo del complejo arte del Señor. 

Este libro ayuda a las comunidades a aprovechar ejemplos y conocimientos de más de dos mil años de historia de la iglesia para comprender y mejorar el presente. Motiva a las personas al pintar una imagen vívida de un futuro mejor: El Reino de los Cielos. Los colaboradores también aplican la experiencia de múltiples disciplinas académicas, como etnomusicología, estudios de interpretación, antropología, estudios bíblicos y misionología. 

Experimente con este manual. Adáptelo a su entorno. Deje que sea una ayuda para crear piezas asombrosas de arte en la tierra que reconocerá en el cielo.

Artes de Dios para el Reino de Dios

Las personas se comunican hablando palabras en más de siete mil idiomas en todo el mundo. También cantan, bailan, pintan, predican, dramatizan y diseñan una comunicación que anima el corazón, el alma, la mente y la fuerza. Dios le dio a cada comunidad dones únicos de expresión artística para permitir a sus miembros proclamar la Verdad y traer sanación, esperanza y alegría a otros en el mundo caído en el que vivimos. 

Artes Comunitarias Para los Propósitos de Dios destaca el método CALC (Creando Artes Locales en Conjuntos), un proceso de siete pasos que inspira la creatividad artística y la colaboración con músicos, bailarines, narradores, actores y artistas visuales locales. En este manual, las artes se tratan como tipos especiales de sistemas de comunicación, conectados a momentos, lugares y contextos sociales específicos. A medida que las comunidades locales utilizan los dones creativos desarrollados en su cultura particular para adorar a Dios y extender su reino, surge un hermoso ejemplo del complejo arte del Señor. 

Este libro ayuda a las comunidades a aprovechar ejemplos y conocimientos de más de dos mil años de historia de la iglesia para comprender y mejorar el presente. Motiva a las personas al pintar una imagen vívida de un futuro mejor: El Reino de los Cielos. Los colaboradores también aplican la experiencia de múltiples disciplinas académicas, como etnomusicología, estudios de interpretación, antropología, estudios bíblicos y misionología. 

Experimente con este manual. Adáptelo a su entorno. Deje que sea una ayuda para crear piezas asombrosas de arte en la tierra que reconocerá en el cielo.

God’s Arts for God’s Reign 

People communicate by speaking words in over seven thousand languages around the world. They also sing, dance, paint, preach, dramatize, and design communication that enlivens heart, soul, mind, and strength. God gave every community unique gifts of artistic expression to enable its members to proclaim the Truth and to bring healing, hope, and joy to others in the fallen world in which we live.

Community Arts for God’s Purposes highlights the CLAT (Creating Local Arts Together) method, a seven-step process that inspires artistic creativity and collaboration with local musicians, dancers, storytellers, actors, and visual artists. In this manual, the arts are treated as special kinds of communication systems, connected to specifi c times, places, and social contexts. As local communities use the creative gifts developed in their particular culture to worship God and extend his kingdom, a beautiful example of the Lord’s complex artistry emerges. 

This book helps communities draw on examples and insights from over two thousand years of church history to understand and improve the present. It motivates people by painting a vivid picture of a better future: the kingdom of Heaven. Contributors also apply expertise from multiple academic disciplines, such as ethnomusicology, performance studies, anthropology, biblical studies, and missiology. 

Experiment with this manual. Adapt it to your setting. Let it be an aid in creating astounding bits of artistry on earth that you’ll recognize in Heaven. 

Божье творчество для Божьего царс

Люди общаются, произнося слова на более чем семи тысячах языков по всему миру. Они также поют, танцуют, рисуют, проповедуют, играют на сцене и общаются, озаряя светом жизни и даруя силы сердцу, душе и уму. Каждому человеческому сообществу Бог предоставил уникальные дары художественного самовыражения, чтобы его члены могли провозглашать Истину и приносить исцеление, надежду и радость другим в нашем падшем мире и несовершенном мире. 

Пособие «Совместное создание народного творчества» раскрывает метод CLAT (со-творение) состоящий из семи этапов; этот метод будит художественное творчество и налаживает взаимодействие с местными музыкантами, танцорами, рассказчиками, актерами и художниками. В нашем пособии искусство рассматривается как особый вид коммуникации, связанный с определенным временем, местом и социальным контекстом. По мере того, как местные сообщества в практике богослужения и распространения божьего царства используют творческие таланты и дарования, вырастающие из их собственной культурной традиции, можно видеть как возникают и расцветают образцы божественного художественного гения. 

Эта книга помогает сообществам опираться на примеры и идеи из более чем двухтысячелетней истории церкви, чтобы понять и улучшить жизнь сегодня. В книге сделана попытка развить мотивации членов сообщества, рисуя яркие картины лучшего будущего: Царства Небесного. Участники процесса также обучаются применять накопленный опыт нескольких академических дисциплин, таких как этномузыкология, исследования перформанса, антропология, библейские исследования и миссиология.

Книга подразумевает экспериментальный подход – живите с ней, пробуйте различные приемы. Адаптируйте ее содержание к вашей среде. Пусть она станет тут, на земле вам подспорьем в создании ярких творческих произведений, которые вы распознаете на Небесах.

神的藝術，建立神的國度

人們透過世界上超過七千種語言進行交流。他們還會唱歌、跳舞、繪畫、講道、演戲和設計不同的交流方式，去使人們的心靈、靈魂、頭腦和力量充滿生氣。神賜予每個群體獨特的藝術表達方式，使其成員能夠宣揚真理，並在我們所生活的敗壞世界中，為他人帶來醫治、希望和喜樂。 

《貼近神心意的社群藝術》強調「共創本地藝術」（Creating Local Arts Together，CLAT）中的七個步驟，啟發與當地音樂家、舞者、說故事者、演員和視覺藝術家等進行藝術創作和協作。在本手冊中，藝術被視為特殊的溝通系統，與特定的時間、地點和社會背景相關聯。當本地群體運用在他們獨特文化中發展起來的創意天賦，來敬拜上帝並延伸祂的國度時，這會展現出上主那綜合藝術之美。

本書幫助不同群體從二千多年的教會歷史的例子和見解中借鏡，去理解和改進現在。它透過生動的描述畫面，激勵人們追尋一個更美好的未來：天國。作者們還運用來自多個學術領域的專業知識（例如民族音樂學、表演研究、人類學、聖經研究和宣教學）在本書之中。

讀者可嘗試使用本手冊，將它處境化地應用在你的環境，讓它成為你的助手，創造令人驚嘆的天國藝術作品。

“하나님께서는 모든 공동체에 예술을 가지고 진리를 말할 수 있는 고유한 능력과

어려움 속에서도 예술로 치유와 희망과 기쁨을 일으킬 수 있는 능력을 주셨다.”

전 세계 사람들은 7천 개 이상의 다른 언어로 말하고 소통한다. 그들은 노래, 춤, 그림, 연설, 드라마 등 다양한 형식으로 소통하면서 마음, 영혼, 정신에 활

기를 불어넣는다. 하나님께서는 모든 공동체가 타락한 세상 속에서 진리를 선포하고 치유와 희망, 기쁨을 가져오도록 모든 지역 공동체에 고유한 예술성

을 선물로 주셨다.

『하나님의 목적을 향한 공동체 예술』은 ‘지역 예술 공동창작’(Creating Local Arts Together, CLAT) 방법론을 강조한다. 이는 지역 공동체의 음악가,

무용가, 이야기 전문가, 연기자, 시각 예술가와의 협업과 지역의 예술적 창조성을 고양하는 7단계 과정이다. 이 책에서 예술은 ‘특정 시간, 장소 및 사회적

맥락과 관련된 의사소통 체계’로 간주한다. 지역 공동체가 그들의 특정 문화에서 개발된 창조적 재능을 사용하여 하나님을 예배하고 그분의 나라를 확장

해 나갈 때, 주님의 다채로운 예술성이 담긴 아름다운 본보기들이 드러나게 될 것이다.

이 책은 2천 년 넘게 이어져 온 교회 역사 속 여러 통찰과 예술적 실례를 활용하여 지역 공동체가 현재를 이해하고 개선하는 데 도움을 준다. 또한 더 나은

미래인 하나님 나라의 청사진을 보여 주면서 사람들에게 동기를 부여한다. 종족음악학, 공연 연구, 인류학, 성경학, 선교학 등 다양한 학문 분야의 전문 지

식이 적용되기도 했다.

이 매뉴얼을 실험해 보라. 당신의 환경에 맞춰 적용하라. 천국에서도 알아보게 될 놀라운 예술성을 사람들이 이 땅에서 발현할 수 있도록 도울 것이다.