Music, Religion, and the South: Notes from the Field

Join Dr. John McClure as he makes a presentation outlining some of his insights from working with the Music, Religion, and the South project. This interdisciplinary project, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion and Culture, has involved Vanderbilt professors and graduate students representing religious history, homiletics, liturgics, sociology, education, English literature, American studies, ethnomusicology, and history and critical theories of religion.

                                                        February 12, 2008

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Music, religion, and regional identity are all mixed together in Nashville and throughout the South. In this presentation, John McClure will discuss a handful of musical tracks. Rather than pursue one (his own) methodological perspective, however, for each track of music a unique conundrum, perspective, or insight gleaned from experiences with the interdisciplinary Music, Religion, and the South project will be highlighted.