Singing Theology from the Ground

Part 1AFRICAChapter 1: Crafting Fulɓe Christian Songs as a Model for Decolonizing African Missiology and Theology in the Era of a Post-God WorldChapter 2: Rūẖullāh, "the Heart of God": A Perspective on Jesus from Muslim Contexts

ASIAChapter 3: Practices of Psalmody: De-Colonizing Mission in PakistanChapter 4: Canaan Hymns: Embedded, Embodied and Empowered--Singing from Country Fields to the Global Stage

LATIN AMERICAChapter 5: "And They Sang A New Song": Missiology and the Faces of Epistemic Inter-Colonialism through Music and Musiking at the Spanish Imperial Margins, 16th and 17th CenturiesChapter 6: Methodology: Approaches from Gunadule KnowledgeChapter 7: The Authentic Fusion Songs of the Xerente Church

MIDDLE EASTChapter 8: Arab Christian Women’s Voices in the Contemporary Middle East: Theological and Missiological Implications from Syriac Hymnology and the Daughters of the CovenantChapter 9: Redeeming Arabic Language and Music to Praise the Triune God

NORTH AMERICAChapter 10: Stream of Praise Music Ministries: Taiwanese-American Contemporary Christian Music as Evangelism to Chinese Christians Around the WorldChapter 11: Music as Good Medicine: First Nations Christian Efforts in Canada, 1600–2023Indigenous Response to "First Nations in Canada"

OCEANIAChapter 12: "E! o le fana taavili ua oteote mai" ["Oh! The Machine Gun Chides"]: Samoan Songs of Resistance to the Violence of ColonialismChapter 13: "Exist and Resist": Hillsong Music’s Engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PeoplesIndigenous Response to Hillsong Music’s Engagement 267

Part 2ARTISTS’ REFLECTIONS ON THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS

ArmeniaRoots of Armenian Music: From Ancient Faith to Living Song

ARAB NationsComposing Arabic Christian Music

BRAZILXerente (Akwẽ) Voices

CANADAThe Call of the Drum: Music and Mohawk Cultural Expression

CHINACanaan Hymns

COLOMBIASong of the Three Races

INDIASongs of Rejoicing from the Place of Rejection

INDONESIA"Puji Tuhan buat Tahun Baru"

RWANDAJado’s Story: Inspiring Through the Love of God and Salvation

VANUATUMusic Self-taught in Vanuatu

Part 3ABSTRACTS and AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTOR BIOS