Melva Wilson Costen is an authority on music and worship in the black church. She wrote the widely consulted African American Christian Worship (Abingdon Press, 1993) and In Spirit and In Truth: The Music of African American Worship (Westminster, 2004). She recently retired from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, where she was Helmar Emil Nielsen Professor of Music and Worship.
| Website | http://www.abingdonpress.com/melva_w_costen |
| Email address | mwcosten@mindspring.com |
| Phone number | 404-696-9836 |
| Categories | Arts, Beliefs & practices, Clergy, Race & ethnicity, Society & culture |
| Locations | Georgia, United States of America |
| Resource Types | Sources |
| Faiths | Christianity |