Do other religions (other than Christianity) praise their god through music?

Question

I am a Christian and I know that Christians often praise God through song. Other than the songs we sing in Church, I also like litsenin to christian music bands like Tree63, Downhere or Casting Crowns. I as wondering if people of other religions praise their god through song in the same way we do cos ive never heard any eg. Buddist or Muslim music.

ok, so i know now that all religions use music. Now i am wonderin if there are any bands and singers, like u know in Christianity they make CD's and u can sometimes hear their music on the radio, i have never seen, for instance, Muslim music in the shops ( i live in London).

Answer 1

Many would say that the purpose of music and especially song is to express emotion. Often the spoken word cannot convey the depth of emotion that we have welling up inside of us.

My music appreciation teacher expressed it in a funny way: “singing has more bandwidth then talking.”

There is, also, a greater depth of empathy when listening to a song; even if the words are unfamiliar to us we know how the singer is feeling.

The word chorus comes from the plays of ancient Greece. During a spoken play a group of people would sing the opinion of the Gods or of the populace. Even today most songs are made up of verses that express an individual story with a repeating chorus that has the general emotion of the song, the part that we can all understand.

Christian “secular” music is a very recent thing. Not only rock but what we would consider classical music used to be banned by the church.
Only approved chants in Latin were allowed for hundreds of years, and any original work was thought to be disrespectful to god. When a musician felt the emotion of their faith well up inside them and they felt the need to express it, they would write it out in a song; the people would feel it, but the church would ban it.
As an example, many popular “Christmas” songs took years and even decades to get approval, even after they were popularly sung outside the church.

Maybe you should write a song yourself.

Answer 2

Absolutely, from my knowledge most religions have some type of worship music in one for or another. In Hinduism there are many songs of worship and praise to Hindu deities. In Buddhism they have mantras that are sometimes set to music to calm the mind. In my own religion, Hellenic Polytheism there are hymns that are regularly used to worship the Gods and in ancient Greece there was a lot of music that was dedicated to religious purposes. I'm not to sure about Muslims but I think some sects do have worship music.

Answer 3

Yes. But for me, a Taowiccan, music, whatever it might be, always connects me to the Universe. So therefore, I don't have specific songs that I use to worship with. Sometimes it is the music of Nature that I enjoy most and feel most connected to the Universe with. Taowiccanism is the celebration of simplicity and the duality of all things in the Universe. I am everything and nothing at all. And I am glad that you have such a wonderful way of connecting to your Higher Power. Enjoy!

Answer 4

Almost all the religions in the world today praise their Deity or Deities through music. I know only two that consider all music as something wrong or evil.

Answer 5

All religions use music in some way or another...it goes back to primitice man and getting together and celabrating and being one with the music. Music has always been spiritual in some way to all types of people...even the most primitive african to the most primitive hispanics.

Answer 6

Yes, we do :)
I am a pagan, and we use music and drumming as part of our worship. I happen to love christian music, btw. Some of the most beautiful worship songs I've ever heard (or sung) were christian.

Answer 7

Music is one of the reason for spread of Hinduism in India. There are many great devotees who wrote songs, which moved millions to Hinduism, when atheism and buddism were gaining popularity.

Answer 8

many religions use music to express their praise, but you may not know it as music, but just some sound. ringing bells, chanting, even making a single drawn out sound as the buddhist monks do is, to all intents and purposes, religious music.

Answer 9

you should know that in the buddist concept there is no official "god". (the budda is not a god but a wise man)
of course there is muslim music to praise god.

Answer 10

Pagans do. Though, personally, I prefer the darker, "Goth" Pagan music (Rhea's Obsession is one of my faves). I'm sure others do as well. It seems to be a common theme that is somewhat overlooked.