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Article: Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. .(Book Review)
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- Currents in Theology and Mission
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- February 1, 2003
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. By Mark Allan Powell. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002. 1088 pages, with CD-Rom. Paper. $29.95.
Mark Allan Powell, professor of church history at Trinity Seminary in Columbus, Ohio, has compiled a remarkable amount of interesting, sometimes helpful, if not revealing information in this hefty volume. Persons and performing groups connected in one way or another to the contemporary Christian music scene constitute the grist for approximately 1,900 cross-referenced entries, all presumably written by the author. They are prefaced by an introduction and followed by a concise but useful glossary (in case the reader needs help ...