A Christian’s Worldview of Music part 1

 

A Christian’s Worldview of Music  part 1

There was a time in my career when I believed that a music philosophy was always developed before the formation of music worldview.  Now I understand that worldview, and specifically one’s music worldview, is the window through which a musician views what he or she believes is the truth about the nature and value of music. All Christian musicians have a music worldview, but being a Christian does not insure that one’s worldview of music is truly a Christian worldview.  I define music worldview as how a musician perceives the whole of music in terms of what he or she considers the reality of what is right and wrong, appropriate or not appropriate concerning music.

 This presumed reality is then weaved into a Christian’s music philosophy.  What is weaved into the musician’s philosophy from worldview will strongly shape how the musician views and deals with music in relationship to his or her being in the world. Certainly every Christian is in the world, but simply being in the world does not mean that a Christian is “of the world” i.e. is squeezed into the world’s mold philosophically.  Hopefully, the Christian will not be convinced by those who are not Christians to view the world and music as they do. The way that a Christian musician views the world will strongly influence how he or she views music in this world.