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Originally Posted by Timothy William  I think there is a danger in reading our own biases and prejudices back into the Puritans, and supposing that they would do whatever we consider the most conservative or judicious thing.
It is a more subtle form of the "What Would Jesus Do?" movement, where rather than looking at what Jesus actually did, young Christians hypothesise about the best thing to do in a situation, then say "that is what Jesus would do" then deduce that, therefore, that is what they should do. They would be better off skipping the middle step, thinking of the best thing to do and then doing it.
Would a Puritan listen to jazz? If they lived in the 1920s, when jazz was often associated with immorality, likely not. If they lived today, when such associations have diminished, perhaps they would. |
That actually makes a lot of since about wwjd and Jazz.
since we are on the subject of music, can anyone recommend books that would cover such things as the brief history of modern music?? how did we go from classical to jazz to rock, techno, emo, punk, industrial and whatever else is out there.