How the Choir Converted the World: Through Hymns, with Hymns, and in Hymns

by Michael J. Aquilina

Publisher:

Emmaus Road

, 2016

Overview

Music is the most effective delivery system for feelings—love, joy, sadness, glory. The early Church Fathers knew that music also has power over minds, and they used that power to maximum effect, writing hymns through which the early Christians would learn, retain, and spread the Gospel message. In How the Choir Converted the World, best-selling author Mike Aquilina demonstrates how the earliest Christians used music to transform a world that desperately needed transforming. As Aquilina suggests, “If we did it once, we can do it again.”

Product Details

• Title: How the Choir Converted the World: Through Hymns, with Hymns, and in Hymns
• Author: Michael J. Aquilina
• Publisher: Emmaus Road
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Hymns › History and criticism; Hymns, English › History and criticism; Music › Religious aspects--Christianity
• ISBNs: 9781945125218, 1945125217
• Resource ID: LLS:HWCHRCNVRTDWRLD
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:03:23Z

About Michael J. Aquilina

Mike Aquilina is a popular author working in the area of Church history, especially patristics, the study of the early Church Fathers. He is the author or editor of more than thirty books, including The Fathers of the Church (2006); The Mass of the Early Christians (2007); The Resilient Church (2007); Living the Mysteries (2003); and What Catholics Believe (1999). His books have been translated into many languages, from Croatian and Portuguese to German and Braille.