(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Matching folio to the Steven Curtis Chapman-produced debut from this adult contemporary Gospel group. Features 10 songs: American Dream * Glory * Here I Go Again * If We Are the Body * Life of Praise * Praise You with the Dance * Voice of Truth * What If His People Prayed * Who Am I * Your Love Is Extravagant.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). We proudly present the matching folio for the fifth studio CD from Casting Crowns. Includes the hit single "Courageous," featured in the film of the same name, and: Already There * Angel * City on the Hill * Face Down * Jesus, Friend of Sinners * Just Another Birthday * My Own Worst Enemy * So Far to Find You * Spirit Wind * Wedding Day * The Well.

100 great songs, 100 great stories.Listen to the soundtrack of your life. What do you hear?Which songs and artists have impacted your spirit and inspired your faith? This ultimate guide chronicles such songs?the top 100 songs of contemporary Christian music that have not only achieved commercial success, but have forever changed the lives of those who have listened. Selected by votes of thousands of CCM Magazine readers with the input of a top panel of Christian mu...

In this cultural history of evangelical Christianity and popular music, David Stowe demonstrates how mainstream rock of the 1960s and 1970s has influenced conservative evangelical Christianity through the development of Christian pop music. The chart-topping, spiritually inflected music created a space in popular culture for talk of Jesus, God, and Christianity, thus lessening for baby boomers and their children the stigma associated with religion while helping to fill churches and create ...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Here are 11 inventive anthems for the church from the eighth album by this award-winning worship leader: Endless Hallelujah * Fires * Here for You * Holy * Magnificent * Never Once * O This God * 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) * We Are the Free * We Could Change the World * Where Would We Be.

While unappreciated and controversial during most of his life, Anton Bruckner is today regarded as the greatest symphonist between Beethoven and Gustav Mahler – in terms of originality, boldness and monumentality of his music. The image of Bruckner the man, however, is still extreme instance of the tenacious power of prejudice. No less a figure than Gustav Mahler coined the aperçu about Bruckner being «a simpleton – half genius, half imbecile». The author is out to correct that mispercepti...

At a time when fundamentalism is on the rise, traditional religions are in decline and postmodernity has challenged any system that claims to be all-defining, young people have left their traditional places of worship and set up their own, in clubs, at festivals and within music culture.Pop Cult investigates the ways in which popular music and its surrounding culture have become a primary site for the location of meaning, belief and identity. It provides an introduction to the hist...

The old gospel song invited listeners to turn their radios on and hear the . . . music in the air.Now return to the eventful days when Americans could “turn the lights down low and listen to the Master’s radio” through this colorful and inspiring history of Christian music and ministry during the golden age of gospel radio. Learn the stories behind such legendary groups as Blackwood Brothers, Statesmen, Gaithers, Back to the Bible Quartet, Old Fashioned Revival Hour Quartet, Haven ...

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Singer/songwriter and Gospel Music Hall of Famer Keith Green died in a plane crash at the age of 29. Our 18-song collection matches the CD commemorating the 25th anniversary of this tragic event. Includes: Asleep in the Light * Oh Lord, You're Beautiful * My Eyes Are Dry * There Is a Redeemer * and more of his greatest hits.

'First Love' defines a time in western Christianity when the hippie culture birthed one of the greatest moves of God's love America has seen since the Great Awakening. It gave us music that defined men and women who embraced the gospel message with their whole life–music that still echos into today's worship culture. You will see a picture of the social issues of the day and have insight into the pioneers of Contemporary Christian Music who gave their gifts to the Lord to 'win a few' becau...

(Easy Piano Songbook). This addition to the WorshipTogether series lets the kids join in on the best modern worship songs. Includes 20 favorites: Awesome God (Your Voice) * Blessed Be Your Name * Breathe * God of Wonders * He Is Exalted * The Heart of Worship * Open the Eyes of My Heart * Song of Love * Wonderful Maker * You Are My King (Amazing Love) * and more.

Formed in 1972, Jesus People USA is an evangelical Christian community that fundamentally transformed the American Christian music industry and the practice of American evangelicalism, which continues to evolve under its influence. In this fascinating ethnographic study, Shawn David Young replays not only the growth and influence of the group over the past three decades but also the left-leaning politics it developed that continue to serve as a catalyst for change.Jesus People USA ...