WL 502 History of Christian Music and Worship
A survey of music, worship theology and practice in the Christian church. Students will examine the development of sacred music, including congregational song and performance genres, and worship theology and practices encompassing the early Christian period, the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the Reformation, the Revival-Camp Meeting movements in England and America, and the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. An introduction to the Christian Year will be included. Three semester hours credit.