Religious music for atheists

I'm surprised no one mentioned: Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah

This is so overtly religious I could commune.

An overtly secular song from Queen given a religious treatment by the Gregorian Chant monks:

Seventeenth century church music by Johann Pachelbel was transformed into a rock guitar solo.

Hmm, interesting. I'd like to hear it a cappella, to give it more of a feeling of a Gregoran Chant.

Here's an inspiring interpretation of Gregoran Chant, a very early religious musical genre:

Choralschola der Capella Antiqua München - Procedamus in Pace


And here is an exaple of the heights that Renaissance polyphony reached, the Gloria from Giovanni Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli:



The very first time I heard this, I immediately became verklempt. . . as is happening now. . . talk amongst yourselves. . .

Sometimes when something wonderful happens after nothing wonderful has happened for a long time, this song pops into my head:

When the Saints go Marching In

If I may turn this around for one post,
I'm a theist and this is my favorite atheist song.

How could I forget? A church hymn with lyrics written in 1922 and set to a centuries-old celtic melody became a popular hit in the 1970's.

Morning Has Bursted is one of my favorite songs

Will the Circle be Unbroken

All My Trials

Does this count? It has Jesus in it...

A brilliant thread and my favorite posters hovering like bees in a honeysuckle bush.

Ms Toad ...yes, "In a Gol Dang Vida" was almost a hymn in my teen years.
George, as a theist you make a solid case for "Imagine".

As some of you know I've spent years accompanying a praise band on the piano. The quality of contemporary religious music is astoundingly good.

I'll be around posting the best new stuff to my non-believing ears.

A mother comforting her daughter with the promise of Jesus and his healing hand. Is there anything to compare in the atheist household?



The slide guitar solo is hair-raising.

i'm a big fan of this disc from Johnny's Love, God, Murder compilation



God

"What on Earth Will You Do (For Heaven's Sake)" (Cash) – 2:09
"My God is Real" (Morris) – 2:01
"It Was Jesus" (Cash) – 2:06
"Why Me Lord?" (Kristofferson) – 2:22
"The Greatest Cowboy of Them All" (Cash) – 3:58
"Redemption" (Cash) – 3:04
"Great Speckled Bird" (Carter, Smith) – 2:11
"The Old Account" (Traditional) – 2:25
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" (Traditional) – 1:53
"When He Comes" (Cash) – 3:33
"The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea" (Carter, Carter, Carter, Cash) – 2:33
"Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)" (Traditional) – 3:54
"Man in White" (Cash) – 5:33
"Belshazzar" (Cash) – 2:26
"Oh, Bury Me Not (Introduction: A Cowboy's Prayer)" (Lomax, Lomax, Rogers, Spencer) – 3:55
"Oh Come, Angel Band" (Cash) – 2:44

this was my favourite hymn as a church attending wee fellow



still like it now

...a beautiful hymn. I think I first heard it on a soundtrack of a Sally Field movie "Places In The Heart"

anything with the combination of the Constantinople Ensemble and Barbara Fortuna convinces me I believe in something





I get chills.

I've been at several performances by Constantinople. Always amazing.

Add Barbara Fortuna and I'm done

I think the best performance for Canon is by these lads.