Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-vii

List of Illustrations

pp viii-viii

List of Interviewees

pp ix-xiii

Preface

pp xiv-xv

Acknowledgements

pp xvi-xvi

Introduction: Faith, Belief and Post-Secularism

pp 1-32

I - MEDIEVALISM TO POST-SECULARISM

pp 33-34

1 - Music, Morality and Meaning: Our Medieval Heritage

pp 35-49

2 - Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs

pp 50-63

3 - Eye Music

pp 64-74

Interlude I. ‘O Sisters Too’: Reviving the Medieval in Post-Secular Britain

pp 75-80

II - THE HUMAN MIND AND SOCIETY

pp 81-82

4 - Singing in Synchrony: Music, Bonding and Human Evolution

pp 83-100

5 - ‘Fear of the Mystery’: Music, Faith and the Brain

pp 101-127

6 - Music and Faith under Persecution

pp 128-156

Interlude II. An Echo of the Spheres in the Shires: The Enduring Appeal of Sacred Music at the Three Choirs Festival

pp 157-162

III - BELIEF AND UNBELIEF

pp 163-164

7 - Music, Faith and Atheism

pp 165-177

8 - ‘Changing the Rumour about God’: Music and Anglican Clergy

pp 178-195

9 - Music, Faith and the Laity

pp 196-218

Conclusion

pp 219-232

Notes

pp 233-251

Bibliography

pp 252-259

Index

pp 260-264