https://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions/special_issues/RSMUSIC
Guest Editors The Rev Prof June Boyce-Tillman (june.boyce-tillman@winchester.ac.uk) and Dr Stephen Roberts sr@swbc.org.uk
Dear Colleagues,
This will be a cross-disciplinary issue exploring music set in various contexts that can be seen to include a spiritual dimension, however this is defined. It will include educational, performance, ritual and healing contexts. It will examine how music has been used in various cultures for spiritual purposes in religious and outside religious contexts. These will potentially include education, therapy, ritual, performance, composition, theology and religious studies, using an academics from various disciplines. It will examine the interface between culture, religion and spirituality and wellbeing, music and spirituality exploring the social, spiritual and political aspects of wellbeing and spirituality. Publication will be in September 30th 2022
The topics welcome in this Special Issue would include areas such as:
- The spirituality of the Japanese shakuhachi;
- Contemporary Christian worship music in Christian spirituality;
- Music and worship in a digital age;
- Congregational singing in the RC church post Vatican II;
- Spiritual approaches to the environment in music education;
- Virtues and spirituality;
- The spirituality of the djembe drum;
- Musical rituals as reconciliation in South Africa;
- Music and peace-building;
If you intend to submit, send an abstract to one of the editors by October 30th 2021
Timetable: Drafts of full article by March 31st 2022, Final submission by June 30th 2022
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Keywords: music, musicking, spirituality, wellbeing, religion, ritual, eudaimonia (personal and societal), society
