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Report on Emily Brink’s global songs presentation at Baylor

Posted by Nathan Bierma

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

We’re delighted to read this report on our colleague Emily Brink’s presentation at Baylor University:

Songs can be adopted from one culture to another but must be treated with respect, according to Dr. Emily Brink, a senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship.

In her lecture Tuesday, titled “International Adoption Agents: How Songs Find New Homes,” Brink talked about how songs cross cultural lines.

As an example of this phenomenon, Brink talked about the history of the hymn “Oh God Our Help in Ages Past” and how it touches people even to this day.

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Read the preview release on this presentation.

Tags: Baylor, culture, Emily Brink, global songs, Greek, Hebrew, hymns, music, O God Our Help in Ages Past