Meaning-Making in the Contemporary Congregational Song Genre 1st ed. Edition Daniel Thornton

Chapter 1 Contemporary Congregational Songs Genre Formation and Scrutiny 

Introduction

Key Questions and Findings

The Formation of a Genre

Perspectives on CCS History

Selected Scholarship

Why Music Semiology? (Texts, Writers, Audience)

YouTube – the Primary Text

Chapter 2 Contemporary Congregational Songs

What’s in a Name?

Praise and Worship Theology

Contemporary for whom?

Defining congregational

Songs or Music?

Are the most sung songs representative of the genre?

Songs Under Analysis

 

Chapter 3 The Contemporary Congregational Song Industry (Poietic Analysis Pt 1) 

Introduction

Where Do They Come From?

Authenticity, Originality, and the Singer-Songwriter

The Production Milieu

Industry Insights

Chapter 4 So the Songwriters Say (Poietic Analysis Pt 2)

Who’s who?

Writing for the People

Performance or Participation?

Predicting Success

Conclusion 

Chapter 5 The Old and New Guard – Ways of Thinking for Contemporary Congregational Songs Writers (Poietic Analysis Pt 3)

Bridging Old and New

Theological Considerations

Co-writing

Roles and Writing

Poietic conclusion

Chapter 6 How Christians Feel About the Songs they Sing – Individually (Esthesic Analysis Pt 1)

Methods and Background

To Sing or Not to Sing

The Individual’s Perspective and their Voice

Why Christians Connect with Certain Songs

Chapter 7 How Christians Feel About the Songs they Sing – Corporately (Esthesic Analysis Pt 2)

Australia’s National Church Life Surveys

What Gathered Worshipers Really Think

The Other NCLS Survey and What it Reveals

The Big Picture of Local Churches’ Musical Worship

Synthesizing the Individual and Corporate

Chapter 8 Just Another Pop Song? The Music (Trace Analysis Pt 1)

Introduction

Memorable Melodies

Melodic Expectations

Catchy

Banal Harmony

The Band

Tempos and Time Signatures

Structure

Chapter 9 Just Another Pop Song? The Lyrics (Trace Analysis Pt 2)

Introduction

Counting Lyrics

Addressing God

Theology and Poetry

CCS Categories

Focus of current CCS

Chapter 10 Some Individual Examples – Australia (Trace Analysis Pt 3)

The Problem with Analysing a Genre

Cornerstone

Mighty To Save

Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)

What A Beautiful Name

Chapter 11 Some Individual Examples – UK and USA (Trace Analysis Pt 4)

10,000 Reasons

How Great Is Our God

In Christ Alone

Revelation Song

Trace Analysis Conclusion

Chapter 12 The Current and Future Contemporary Congregational Songs Genre

Meaning-making in CCS

Conflicting Messages

Ambivalence or Appropriation

The Evolving Genre

The Functional Genre

Where to From Here?