Comments on: Singing as basis for United Methodist unity http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/2011/08/19/singing-as-basis-for-united-methodist-unity/ Historical and missiological reflections on modernity, postmodernity, and what comes next Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:19:58 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: David Wm. Scott http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/2011/08/19/singing-as-basis-for-united-methodist-unity/comment-page-1/#comment-122 David Wm. Scott Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:53:56 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/?p=141#comment-122 Ben, far be it from me to say that singing isn't also distinctively Lutheran! And David, I think you're right that there could be a similar article for Christianity at large, as divisive as hymn selection is at times, people are a lot more willing to unite around music than they are around theology or history or rules. Ben, far be it from me to say that singing isn’t also distinctively Lutheran!

And David, I think you’re right that there could be a similar article for Christianity at large, as divisive as hymn selection is at times, people are a lot more willing to unite around music than they are around theology or history or rules.

]]> By: David Shane http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/2011/08/19/singing-as-basis-for-united-methodist-unity/comment-page-1/#comment-120 David Shane Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:44:41 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/?p=141#comment-120 I have to say that I would never have thought of singing as a source of unity for a denomination! As an outsider, I've never thought of Methodists as a distinctively singing people, but I have limited experience in Methodist churches. In any case, that doesn't mean singing can't be a source of unity. But perhaps you could write a similar article for Christendom at large - we all sing many of the same songs, at least in the English speaking world, and would surely be willing to sing them together when we meet together in an ecumenical way. (The fact that you can find hymns by Luther! in Catholic hymnals tells you all you need to know, eh?) I have to say that I would never have thought of singing as a source of unity for a denomination! As an outsider, I’ve never thought of Methodists as a distinctively singing people, but I have limited experience in Methodist churches. In any case, that doesn’t mean singing can’t be a source of unity.

But perhaps you could write a similar article for Christendom at large – we all sing many of the same songs, at least in the English speaking world, and would surely be willing to sing them together when we meet together in an ecumenical way. (The fact that you can find hymns by Luther! in Catholic hymnals tells you all you need to know, eh?)

]]> By: Ben http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/2011/08/19/singing-as-basis-for-united-methodist-unity/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Ben Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:52:49 +0000 http://blogs.bu.edu/dscott/?p=141#comment-119 This interests me because I think hymn selection has been a source of division for many denominations. By the way, any proper Lutheran would have to take good-natured issue with the statement that singing is "distinctively Methodist." This interests me because I think hymn selection has been a source of division for many denominations. By the way, any proper Lutheran would have to take good-natured issue with the statement that singing is “distinctively Methodist.”

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