Publication Date
5-3-2024
School
School of Music
Major
Commercial Music
Keywords
music, songwriting, theology, songwriting prompt, songwriter, Chris Tomlin, Christian songwriter
Disciplines
Composition
Recommended Citation
Dimas, Jake William, "Theological Songwriting" (2024). Senior Honors Theses. 1424.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/honors/1424
Abstract
Music affects people deeply. Because of this, Christian songwriters have a responsibility to write songs that are theologically accurate. To provide a comparison to the experiment that took place for this paper, Chris Tomlin’s biography, songwriting influences, and music are presented and discussed. The experiment began with exclusively Christian songwriters being given an initial questionnaire. A song prompt was then given to each songwriter, and once returned, the songwriter was given a questionnaire. This step took place once again for the other prompt. The songs produced by the songwriters were then analyzed, being compared with one another and with the other songs that were produced from the other prompt. These songs were then also compared with Tomlin’s music.
