The new issue of Approaches: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Music Therapy is now available online:

Special Issue 11 (1) 2019

‘Exploring the spiritual in music: Interdisciplinary dialogues in music, wellbeing and education’

Edited by Giorgos Tsiris & Gary Ansdell 

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Contents of the Special Issue 

EDITORIAL

Exploring the spiritual in music
Giorgos Tsiris & Gary Ansdell

ARTICLES

‘The constant hum of the engine…’: A story about extraordinary interdisciplinary dialogues in spirituality and wellbeing
Sara MacKian

The engine hums… occasionally it even sings: A response to Sara MacKian’s keynote ‘The constant hum of the engine…’
Lars Ole Bonde

Sacred moments in Guided Imagery and Music
Bolette Daniels Beck

Music, spirituality and wellbeing: Experiences of trans-subjective-participation in Guided Imagery and Music (GIM)
Martin Lawes

Exploring the “thin place” between life and death: Compassion-Focused Relational Music Therapy (CRMT) for terminal agitation in advanced cancer in a hospice setting
Kate Binnie

Music therapy and spiritual care: Music as spiritual support in a hospital environment
Astrid Notarangelo

Finding God in the intuitive: Reclaiming the therapists’ spirituality
Adam Kishtainy

Communicative musicality, music and transformation in the lives of parents and their children with cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities (CPMD)
Efrat Roginsky & Cochavit Elefant

Imaginaries of spirituality, violence and health impacts in metal music: A critical history and case study
Owen Coggins

Music and the invisible world: Music as a bridge between different realms
Giorgio Scalici

Music and gerotranscendence: A culturally responsive approach to ageing
Faith Halverson-Ramos

BOOK REVIEWS

Mysticism, ritual and religion in drone metal (Coggins)
Reviewed by Tia DeNora

Spiritual dimensions of Guided Imagery and Music (Clarkson)
Reviewed by Marilyn Clark

Spirituality and music education: Perspectives from three continents (Boyce-Tillman, Ed.)
Reviewed by Leslie Bunt

CONFERENCE REPORT

The 4th Nordoff Robbins Plus Research Conference and the 4th International Spirituality and Music Education (SAME) Conference ‘Exploring the spiritual in music: Interdisciplinary dialogues in music, wellbeing and education’

Karin S. Hendricks & Tawnya D. Smith

Link: http://approaches.gr/special-issue-11-1-2019   

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