From the middle ages to the present day the houses of local clergy – parsonages; vicarages and rectories – have been among the most significant buildings in parishes throughout England. Architecturally some of the best and most fully documented domestic buildings; their history is that of the small and medium sized house; from medieval vernacular to the bespoke designs of leading Victorian architects and the more modest homes of todays clergy. The lives lived in the parsonage; factual and fictional (from Austen to Trollope and the televised struggles of Rev in Londons East End in the 2010s) reveal not just a building; but a hub of spiritual and secular activity; at the heart of local life and linking it to wider; national history. In this engaging introduction; Kate Tiller brings together the architectural and social histories of the parsonage; drawing on the evidence of buildings; archival and literary accounts; and contemporary and modern images; to depict parsonages; their occupants and how their histories may be traced.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Sacred Music under Changing Social. Political. and Cultural PressuresBy Dr. Debra Jan BibelEditors Jeffers Engelhardt and Philip V. Bohlman wrote a deep. scholarly. and extensive introduction covering the core aspects of music within ritual and religious transcendence across various religions. East and West. The specific essays by ten other scholars that follow pale in comparison. largely avoiding the psycho-philosophical matters to instead focus on pragmatic. social and political changes in sacred music brought about by modern cultural pressures and even advances in technology. The religious experience is broad. with chapters on variant Judaic Torah and Haftoroh reading; simplifications and modernization of Buddhist rites on Buddhas birthday; the replacement of old time psalms with pop and rock gospel music among Evangelicals; the accommodation and blending of Islam with sub-Saharan spiritual and healing ceremonies; the adaptation of Hindu folk songs to Christian teachings; the quest for authenticity of Greek Orthodox chants; Bauls negotiating the independent but inclusive path among Sufis and Hindus; adapting traditional Javanese shadow puppet epics for contemporary audiences; music as a political tool in bringing Eastern Europe into a greater Europe; and the music of Arvo Pauml;rt as European pan-Christian. even trans-religious. (The chapter on computer programs and recordings to teach chanting accents for the bar/bat mitzvah rites took me back to my youth when I learned the system from my cantors LP; learning that there are chanting differences among Ashkenazi and Sephardic/Mizarahi Jews was particularly interesting.) The book indicates how much religious music is flexible to new situations and eras while attempting to maintain its traditional motivational and spiritual effects. Thus. the emphasis is on transitions in sacred music rather than mystical transcendence. There is much to appreciate here. as the parallel in Tunisia of Stambeli with Moroccan gnawa. Also. the Taiwanese rite of washing a doll of baby Buddha to celebrate his birthday. shifted to a weekend for the benefit of the wider sangha. compares with my own experience in a Korean Zen Center. The book opens new territory for ethnomusicologists interested in the interface of music and religion today compared to supposed traditions as remembered or historically recorded.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. good .By Kaygood product with high quality. suit for this price . Awesome product! Works perfectly for leveling and trimming cakes! my parents need it. good .
