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Music to the Glory of God

Music to the Glory of God
Paul Smith
Paul Smith Paul Smith is full-time elder of Grace Baptist Church, Broadstairs, Kent. He is also a director and the book reviews editor for ET.
20 April, 2026 1 min read

Authors: Humphrey Dobson
Publisher: Shepherd Press
304 pages
Purchase from: Aslan Christian Books (£18.19)

With the sure-footed quality of an expert guide, Humphrey Dobson invites readers to consider music objectively. Refreshingly, he makes readers think by tracing issues biblically back to first principles.

Dobson considers music holistically, not addressing music in worship until the final quarter of the book.

Beforehand, Dobson raises more fundamental questions. How far is our understanding of music and the arts shaped more by evolutionary materialism than the biblical doctrine of the soul? Do we, like Schaeffer, consider how an artist’s worldview shapes his music?

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