Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Faculty of Catholic Theology)
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Alumnus (Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies)
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Visiting address
Max-Weber-Kolleg für kultur- und sozialwissenschaftliche Studien
Campus
Nordhäuser Str. 63
99089 Erfurt
Mailing address
Universität Erfurt
Max-Weber-Kolleg für kultur- und sozialwissenschaftliche Studien
Postfach 90 02 21
99105 Erfurt
Curriculum Vitae
Academic study and employment
since 2022 | University of Erfurt. Research associate – Religious Studies |
2022 | University of Cologne. Visiting Lecturer – Music |
2015 - 2019 | Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt. Junior Fellow. Funded through the following awards: Postdoctoral Fellowship of the University Erfurt; Initialisation Scholarship of the University Erfurt; Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Max Weber Centre; Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Research Group "Religious Individualisation in Historical Perspective"; Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Max Weber Centre |
2011-2014 | University, London. PhD – Music (external examiner: theology). Dissertation title: That’s not my music: experiences of contemporary worship music in relation to extraeccleiastical musical attachments. Recipient of the Mercers’ company music prize for outstanding academic achievement |
2007-2008 | King’s College London. MMus – Music |
2002-2005 | University College, University of Oxford. BA – Music |
Additional academic roles
2020 and 2021 | Eco-creativity: Music, Religion, Activism online conference co-convenor (Open University) |
2020 | Worship and the Megachurch: Australasia and Beyond digital conference committee member |
since 2011 | Christian congregational music: local and global perspectives conference (Ripon College, Cuddesdon). Co-founder. Since 2019, programme chair |
Publications
Books
Books
- Porter, Mark and Nathan Myrick (Eds.) (2021). Ethics and Christian Musicking. Abingdon: Routledge.
DOI: 10.4324/9781003001485 - Porter, Mark (2020). Ecologies of Resonance in Christian Musicking. Monograph manuscript published in the American Academy of Religion’s Religion, Culture, and History series by Oxford University Press.
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780197534106.001.0001
Reviewed in Reading Religion, Theology, Practical Theology. - Porter, Mark (2016). Contemporary worship music and everyday musical lives. Abingdon: Routledge.
DOI: 10.4324/9781315451299
Reviewed in the Church Times, Music and Letters, Global Forum on Arts and Christian Faith, Journal of Popular Music Studies.
Shorter Writings
Shorter Writings
- Porter, Mark (2023). ‘Christian Musical Innovation and Changing Ecological Relationships’ accepted for publication in the Journal of Contemporary Religion.
DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2022.2153477 - Porter, Mark (forthcoming). ‘The intersectional ecologies of civic musical spaces’. Invited chapter for the Oxford Handbook of Music and Christian Theology.
- Porter, Mark (2021). Contribution to an online installation for The Christian Nation Project: A Multimedia Installation Exploring Christian nationalism looking at diversity in the 2020 Irish Blessing YouTube video.
- Porter, Mark (2020). ‘Fleeing the Resonance Machine: Music and sound in “emerging church” communities’ in: Journal of Contemporary Religion.
DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2020.1816306 - Porter, Mark (2020) ‘How (Ethno)musicological is God? Ethnomusicology, Theology, and the Dynamics of Interdisciplinary Dialogues’. In: “Religion – Musik – Macht. Ed. by Wolfgang Müller and Franc Wagner. Basel: Schwabe Verlag.
DOI: 10.24894/978-3-7965-4220-6 - Porter, Mark (2020) ‘(Almost) a decade of congregational music studies’. Invited article for The Hymn.
- Porter, Mark (2019) Expert contributor to the new edition of the Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. Update of articles: Anglican chant; Anthem; Antiphon; Bach, Johann Sebastian; Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart; Blow, John; Britten, Edward Benjamin; Byrd, William; Cantata; Cecilia, St; Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da; Passion, Musical Settings for the; Purcell, Henry; Tenebrae.
- Porter, Mark (2017) ‘Charismatic worship and cosmopolitan movement(s)’ in: Liturgy.
DOI: 10.1080/0458063x.2018.1449512 - Porter, Mark (2017) ‘Singing beyond territory: Hillsong and church planting in Oxford, UK’. In: “You call me out upon the waters”: Critical Perspectives on the Hillsong movement. Ed. by Tanya Riches and Tom Wagner. Palgrave Macmillan.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59656-3_9 - Porter, Mark (2016). ‘Sounding back and forth: directions and dimensions of resonance in congregational musicking’ in: Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/lfw078 - Porter, Mark (2016). ‘Marginal spaces at St Aldates, Oxford’ in: Journal of Contemporary Religion 31.2, pp. 239–253.
DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2016.1152680 - Porter, Mark (2014). ‘The Developing Field of Christian Congregational Music Studies’ in: Ecclesial Practices 1.2, pp. 149–166.
DOI: 10.1163/22144471-00102004 - Porter, Mark (2013). ‘Moving between musical worlds: Worship music, significance and ethics in the lives of contemporary worshippers’. In: Christian congregational music: performance, identity, and experience. Ed. by Monique M Ingalls, Carolyn Landau and Tom Wagner. Aldershot: Ashgate.
DOI: 10.4324/9781315571850 - Porter, Mark (2013). ‘Contemporary worship music: different perspectives’. In: Church Music Quarterly March 2013, pp. 16–18.
Media
Media
- July 2023. Blog post for Ich mag meine Uni … ‘Grüne Narrative: Studierende widmen sich in Erzählungen der Öko-Krise’.
- June 2023. Opinion piece for the Church Times regarding safeguarding allegations at Soul Survivor.
- May 2023. Article for Zeitschrift für Religion und Weltanschauung ‘Wie weit darf ziviler Ungehorsam gehen? Zur Debatte um die Aktionen der „Letzten Generation“’.
- April 2023. Article for Werkheft – Berufungspastoral 2023 ‘Musikalische Vielfalt Erleben: Von Worship Wars und Tradition’.
- January 2023. Blog post for Theologie Aktuell – Der Blog der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Uni Erfurt ‘Das Internet als Vermittler zwischen Menschen, Räumen und dem Göttlichen. Livestreams & das Gebetshaus Augsburg’.
- January 2023. Interview for Hörenswert Podcast ‘Die Rolle der Kirchenmusik bei Online-Gottesdiensten’.
- November 2022. Blog post for Theologie Aktuell – Der Blog der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Uni Erfurt ‘Bewahrung der Schöpfung und ziviler Ungehorsam – Über die Rolle des Christentums bei Umweltprotesten’.
- August 2021. Interview for Music and the Church Podcast ‘Ethics and Christian Musicking’.
- July 2022. Interview for Theologie Aktuell – Der Blog der Katholisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Uni Erfurt ‘Glauben in Musik erfahren – Ein Interview mit Mark Porter’.
- August 2021. Interview for Music and the Church Podcast ‘Ethics and Christian Musicking’.
- April 2021. Invited panelist for book launch of Church Music Through the Lens of Performance.
- December 2020. Interview for New Books Network.
- November 2020. Online book launch via Zoom.
- December 2018. Interview for Church Times feature ‘Where next for Contemporary Worship Music’.
- November 2017. Interview for Music and the Church Podcast ‘Who Listens to Contemporary Worship Music’.
- June 2017. Interview for WortMelder blog ‘140 Zeichen für die Forschung: Soziale Medien in der Wissenschaft’.
- June 2017. Guest curator, @WeTheHumanities twitter account.
- 2012 ‘Review: pay the musick by the king/cave project’ – blog post for transpositions.co.uk.
- 2011. ‘A transformational passion’. – blog post for transpositions.co.uk.
Reviews
Reviews
- Porter, Mark (Forthcoming). Review of ‘Music, Branding and Consumer Culture in Church: Hillsong in Focus’ in: Journal of Media, Religion and Digital Culture.
- Porter, Mark (2022). Review of ‘Monumental Sounds: Art and Listening before Dante.’ in: Journal of Sonic Studies.
- Porter, Mark (2020). Review of ‘Music, Education, and Religion: Intersections and Entanglements.’ in: Music & Letters.
- Porter, Mark (2020). Review of ‘Jewish Religious Music in Nineteenth-Century America’ in: Reading Religion.
- Porter, Mark (2019). Review of ‘The Devil’s Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ‘n’ Roll’ in: Popular Music.
- Porter, Mark (2019). Review of ‘@ Worship’ in: Journal of Media, Religion and Digital Culture.
- Porter, Mark (2018). Review of ‘Singing the Gospel along Scotland's North-East Coast, 1859-2009’ in: Folk Music Journal.
- Porter, Mark (2017). Review of ‘Kirchenmusik als sozioreligiöse Praxis’ in: The World of Music (New Series).
- Porter, Mark (2016). Review of ‘Resounding transcendence: transition in music, religion, and ritual’ in: Music & Letters.
- Porter, Mark (2015). Review of ‘Evangelicals, Worship and Participation’ in: Theology 118.4, pp. 295–296.