A New Song for an Old World : Musical Thought in the Early Church (Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies Series)

Explores the attitudes towards music in the early church. This book challenges Christians to learn from the wisdom of the early church as they seek to explore appropriate music. It draws parallels between the pagan cultures of the 2nd and 3rd centuries and our multicultural realities, to comprehend the musical ideas of early Christian thinkers.