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Here is a list of relevant articles
about the connection between God, creativity, jazz, and spirituality, as
well as
using jazz in church for evangelism, worship, and personal enjoyment.
(click on titles)
(Articles written by Pianist/Composer & CJA Network Founder
David Arivett)
The True Language Of Jazz
Why Is Jazz Music A Dirty Word?
Celebrate
And Be Jazzed!
What Is A Christian Jazz Artist Anyway?
Jazz: Sinful Or Spiritual?
Jesus And King David Sang The Blues
The
Wonder Of Creativity
Are
You Really Listening?
Count
Your Blessings
We Are The Ones We Are Waiting For!
(Articles written by other CJA Network Members)
Community Jazz
(Sean O'Bryan Smith)
The Numbing Sameness
(Eric Copeland)
The Jazz Bandstand As Sacred Space
(Clifford Aerie)
Sacred Jazz- (Eric Reed)
Jazz In The Church
- (Lance Bryant)
Theology Of Jazz In Worship - (Nelson Boschman)
Articles By Others
God Leaps In
Musical Improvisation: Church, Spirit and Body
The Coltrane Test
Jazz Improv In Amos
God, Church, And All That Jazz
Lunch With The Lord: Church Offers
Noontime Jazz Concerts
Churchgoers Catch The Spirit Of Jazz
Playing And Praying: How Sweet The Sound In Church
Peace Flows Like A Sax Solo At Church's Jazz
Series
Blues In The Night
Ministry Of Jazz
The Deep Joy Of Jazz
The Beautiful Soul of Wycliffe Gordon
Jazzin'
"Jazz Theologian" is a very interesting
web site with plenty of discussions about Jazz music and it's
theological implications!
www.jazztheologian.typepad.com
Recommended Reading
The Rise Of Gospel Blues - Michael W.
Harris (Oxford University Press)
The Heart Of Jazz - William Grossman
/Jack Farrell (Da Capo Press)
Duke Ellington, A Spiritual Biography -
Janna Steed (Crossroad Publishing)
Art And The Bible - Francis Schaeffer
(IVP)
Imagine - A Vision For
Christians In The Arts - Steve Turner (IVP)
Being Human: The Nature of
Spiritual Experience - Ranald Macaulay and Jerram Barrs
Addicted to Mediocrity: Contemporary Christians and the Arts - Franky
Schaeffer
Creativity - Matthew Fox
(Penguin Putnam)
Whee, We, wee, All The Way
Home - Matthew Fox (Bear And Company)
On Becoming A Musical
Mystical Bear - Matthew Fox (Paulist Press)
Original Blessing: A Primer
in Creation Spirituality - Matthew Fox (Penguin Putnam)
God, Creation, and All That
Jazz - Ann Pederson (Chalice
Press)
Other Articles On Jazz
Here!
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