Can Graduates Teach What
They Do Not Know?-part 3
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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