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Title:'One Day We Will Sing in God's Home': Hymns and Songs Sung in the Anglican Church in North-East Congo (DRC)
Authors:Wood, Peter
Wild-Wood, EmmaISNI
Year:2004
Periodical:Journal of Religion in Africa
Volume:34
Issue:1-2
Pages:145-180
Language:English
Geographic term:Congo (Democratic Republic of)
Subjects:Christianity
religious songs
Anglican Church
Religion and Witchcraft
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/1581484
Abstract:'Songs preach a lot' claim members of the Anglican Church in northeastern Congo (DRC). This article analyses what these songs preach and how they convey their message. It examines the theology of the texts as sung in their musical and social context. The songs fall into two broad categories: Western hymns translated by missionaries and contemporary songs often composed locally or nationally. They have different but overlapping theologies and functions within worship. Heaven emerges as a central motif in both categories, presenting an eschatological oral theology, which offers comfort, escape and social comment. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]
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