DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2017.v05i09.006

Pages: 1132-1142

The paper explores the possibility of integrating faith and the learning of music against the background of opposing worldviews in the contemporary society. This paper will concentrate on the Christian faith whose basis is the bible. The bible is believed to be the word of God that defines a Christian’s lifestyle in all his/her operations in spheres of life. From the time of great philosophers like Socrates to the current time of postmodernism, knowledge and truth has kept on evolving as each new movement challenges the other. But the word of God still stands as the truth as it comes to pass in due course. In Mt. 5:18, Jesus says, “For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.” This makes the word of God credible and reliable in informing a Christian’s life and influencing the learning of music. Music is one of the forms of art designed by God for His glorification in heaven and earth. But after the fall of man, it is one of the areas that have been adulterated by certain evolving world views. The main objectives of the study are: to establish the wider meaning of integration, to establish what the learning of music entails, to highlight the importance of integration, and to identify ways of integrating faith in music learning. The discourse is grounded in the Correspondence and Coherence Theory of Truth whose proponents are classical Greek philosophers like Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. The study adopts a philosophical, documentary analysis and scriptural interpretation approach to arrive at conclusions.