Graduates
Cannot Teach What They Do Not Know-part 2
Yesterday
we began this series of posts by citing some of the problems that are facing
public music worship today. Because so
many Bible Colleges and a host of Christian universities have been more
concerned with liberal arts education than a thorough Bible based Christian
education, many undergraduate curriculums are now devoid of any required
courses in Music of the Bible and Music Philosophy taught from a bible based
Christian perspective. Although Christian
Colleges and universities would adamantly deny it, they have allowed the world
to completely influence their broad based undergraduate curriculum
decisions. Although they blame
accreditation requirements for the lack of Bible bases music courses in general
and professional education curriculums for all students, this is not a fact.
For
instance, they have chosen courses like Art Appreciation, Fine arts
Appreciation, and general Music Appreciation which could have been replaced
with course like Music Philosophy in Christian Perspective, Philosophy of Music
Worship, Music of the Bible, and a Host of other courses such as the History of
Music Worship. I know, after working with different Christian and secular
accrediting agencies in the US that Christian Colleges can make the above
curriculum decisions in their undergraduate general education programs. So, accredited undergraduate Christian
colleges and universities are without excuse when they ignore Bible based music
courses that are acceptable as fine arts general education.
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