considering music…

…If we adopt uncritically only one particular way of considering music, not only will our vision of the possibilities of music tend to be narrow, but very likely we will not be able to do justice to the diversity of experiences and actions that music involves, even within the Western tonal tradition, let alone in other cultures.  We will also likely distort our perspective on music as Christians, failing to see that the biblical gospel itself may transform, even overturn, some of our most cherished assumptions about music.

Jeremy S. Begbie, resounding truth – christian wisdom in the world of music