Mark Porter

Mark Porter studied at University College, Oxford and King’s College, London before completing his doctorate in ethnomusicology at City University, London in 2014. After this he took up a postdoctoral position at Max-Weber-Kolleg, at the University of Erfurt. This position paved the way for his current work on Christian musical innovation and changing ecological relationships, based at the university’s department for theology and religious studies. His work is driven by a desire to engage with the diversity of musical practices and experiences in Christianity and beyond and to understand their significance for individuals and communities. Mark is author of Contemporary Worship and Everyday Musical Lives, Ecologies of Resonance in Christian Musicking and For the Warming of the Earth: Music, Faith, and Ecological Crisis. He is co-editor of Ethics and Christian Musicking and programme chair of the biennial Christian Congregational Music: Local and Global Perspectives conference.