{"id":81510,"date":"2020-09-10T05:28:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T09:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=81510"},"modified":"2020-09-09T13:40:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T17:40:26","slug":"religionprof-podcast-with-aaron-abrahamson-cote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2020\/09\/religionprof-podcast-with-aaron-abrahamson-cote.html","title":{"rendered":"ReligionProf Podcast with Aaron Abrahamson Cote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I promised a few months ago<\/a> that sometime soon I would have a conversation with Aaron Abrahamson Cote, a Butler graduate who is a musician and recently started a project called Songs of Scripture. Well, yesterday we finally made it happen. Here is the latest episode of the ReligionProf Podcast with special guest Aaron Cote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the usual\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/religionprof\/episodes\/ReligionProf-Podcast-with-Aaron-Cote-ejcddd\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">audio-only version of the podcast<\/a>, here\u2019s a special video edition!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ReligionProf Podcast with Aaron Abrahamson Cote\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C2_UKZfQujo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHQWtrL5ZzJsSyUHyUwTD1Q?view_as=subscriber&fbclid=IwAR2gTAcmyqKze9QQa22-GpK0G54cer8cjocQET_SXD5ght46kvti8XLxKX8\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the project\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>, or better yet, pay a visit to the <a href=\"https:\/\/rhcp0617.wixsite.com\/songsofscripture\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Songs of Scripture website<\/a> where you can find sheet music, sample recordings, and much more. There is also a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/SongsOfScripture\/groups\/?ref=page_internal\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook group<\/a> dedicated to the project.\u00a0\u00a0You should also follow Aaron himself on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cotepercussion?lang=en\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CotePercussion\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> to hear more of his music.<\/p>\n<p>I thought about substituting a bit of one of Aaron\u2019s songs in place of the usual theme music for the ReligionProf Podcast. But I decided that it was probably better to get the podcast released more quickly. Moreover, the theme music (for those who may not know) is actually from an instrumental version of a setting of words from the Book of Amos that I created back in 2016, motivated and inspired by my first time teaching the course on the Bible and music that Aaron and I talk about in the podcast. The song is called \u201cYahweh, God of Star-Armies.\u201d I still hope to arrange for a recording of the song for vocalist, piano, and trumpet. In the meantime, you can find the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e7tE808LxYU\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">video on YouTube<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Yahweh%2C_God_of_Star-Armies_(McGrath%2C_James_F.)\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">sheet music on IMSLP<\/a>. But I recommend going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2016\/10\/setting-amos-hymn-fragments-to-music.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">my blog post from 2016 in which I talk about the song and what led to my writing it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Ps8RP8hDev\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2016\/10\/setting-amos-hymn-fragments-to-music.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Setting Amos\u2019 Hymn Fragments to Music<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cSetting Amos\u2019 Hymn Fragments to Music\u201d \u2014 Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2016\/10\/setting-amos-hymn-fragments-to-music.html\/embed#?secret=hGqiMNcLdn#?secret=Ps8RP8hDev\" data-secret=\"Ps8RP8hDev\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Funnily enough, there is one other time that I have mentioned Aaron here on the blog, apart from when I promised there would be a podcast: it was to draw attention to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/04\/hacking-smores.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">his very clever hack of the s\u2019more<\/a>. I mention it again not just for the sake of nostalgia, but because it is a testament to the breadth of his creativity!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I promised a few months ago that sometime soon I would have a conversation with Aaron Abrahamson Cote, a Butler graduate who is a musician and recently started a project called Songs of Scripture. Well, yesterday we finally made it happen. 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