1 Music: Hymns, Contemporary Christian Music, and Holy Hip Hop 2 Overview • I. Hymns and Gospel Songs • II. Contemporary Christian Music • III. Holy Hip Hop 3 I. Hymns and Gospel Songs A. New Music • Isaac Watts (1674-1748), Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707) • John Wesley, Collection of Psalms and Hymns (1736-37) • Joshua Leavitt, The Christian Lyre (1831) • “Singin’ Billy” Walker (1809-1875), The Southern Harmony (1835) • Ira Sankey, Gospel Hymns and Sacred Songs (1875) • Fanny Crosby (1820-1915) B. Audio Clip: Augustus Toplady, “Rock of Ages” (1776; 1878) 4 Augustus Toplady, “Rock of Ages” (1776; 1878) Augustus Toplady (1776): Methodist Hymnal (1878): 1. Rock of Ages, cleft for me, 1. Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee! Let me hide myself in thee; Let the Water and the Blood, Let the water and the blood, From thy riven Side which flow'd, From thy wounded side which flowed, Be of Sin the double Cure, Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its Guilt and Pow'r. Save from wrath and make me pure. • 2. Not the labors of my hands Can fulfill thy Law's demands: Could my zeal no respite know, 2. Could my tears forever flow, Could my tears for ever flow, Could my zeal no languor know, All for Sin could not atone: These for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and thou alone! Thou must save, and thou alone. 3. Nothing in my hand I bring; In my hand no price I bring; Simply to thy Cross I cling; Simply to thy cross I cling. Naked, come to Thee for Dress, Helpless, look to Thee for grace; Foul, I to the fountain fly: Wash me, Saviour, or I die! • 4. While I draw this fleeting breath, 3. While I draw this fleeting breath, When my eye-strings break in death, When my eyes shall close in death, When I soar to worlds unknown, When I rise to worlds unknown, See Thee on Thy judgment throne: And behold thee on thy throne, Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Rock of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee. Let me hide myself in thee. 5 II. Contemporary Christian Music 1 A. H. Richard Niebuhr, Christ and Culture (1951) • 1) Christ against Culture; Separational – Chris Tomlin, “Whom Shall I Fear” (2013) • 2) Christ of Culture; Integrational – Carrie Underwood, “There Must Be Something in the Water” (2014) – “Christian Rock Hard,” South Park (2003) • 3) Christ as the Reconciler of Culture; Transformational/Secular Christian • 4) Christ Above Culture • 5) Christ and Culture in Paradox – Mumford & Sons, “Awake my Soul” (2009) – Sufjan Stevens, “Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois” (2005) B. Clips –. 6 III. Holy Hip Hop • A. Rap Theology • --Incarnation • --Eschatology • B. Clips: Kanye West, “Jesus Walks” (2004); • Lecrea, “Don’t Waste Your Life” (2008) 2.