This session will introduce attendees to my upcoming book and study,
Songs of Resistance: The Bible’s Voices of Victory, Peace, and Protest. It pulls together my vocational experience as a biblical scholar, a minister, a musician, and an activist. Through the study of six different genres of biblical song, we will explore the role of musical and poetic passages throughout the Bible, and in particular how they connect with different aspects of lived human experience, both ancient and modern. From songs of worship and lament, to poems of love and proclamations of a more just social order, this study will listen intently to the voices of our ancestors in faith, and guide readers to consider how this legacy of music and community carries on today. The presentation will include some musical selections, as well as time for discussion and a Q&A period. The table of contents is as follows:
Introduction: The Power of Music in Cultures Ancient and Modern
Ch. 1: Singing the Stories of War: The Song of Deborah and the Song of the Sea
Ch. 2: Singing in Defeat: Psalms and Lamentations
Ch. 3: Singing of Delight and Desire: The Song of Songs
Ch. 4: Singing in the Labor of Birth: The Mothering Songs of Hannah and Mary
Ch. 5: Singing a New Community: The Christ-Hymn of Philippians 2
Ch. 6: Singing Through the Apocalypse: The Songs of Revelation
Conclusion: Singing a Brighter World into Being
