Style Matters: Contemporary Worship Music and the Meaning of Popular Musical Borrowings
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DOI: 10.1080/0458063x.2016.1229435
Abstract: In North American Protestantism’s so-called worship wars, the musical battle lines were drawn between traditional hymns and contemporary worship songs. Scholars and practitioners on both sides of the divide often made broad generalizations about the… read more here.
Keywords: cwm; worship; contemporary worship; worship music ... See more keywords
Why Worship Matters: Lessons From Lutheran Congregations Struggling in a World of Liturgical Change
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DOI: 10.1080/0458063x.2016.1229449
Abstract: The trouble at Good Shepherd Lutheran began when the newly hired minister of worship and music introduced a new worship service during the most well-attended late morning service time one fall Sunday. The “Blessing of… read more here.
Keywords: worship matters; worship; matters lessons; service ... See more keywords
Embodying the Spirit: Toward a Theology of Entrainment
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DOI: 10.1080/0458063x.2018.1449516
Abstract: While I was in seminary, one of my professors remarked that he no longer participated in “worship music” because he experienced the same sensations and feelings at a Radiohead concert as he did while singing… read more here.
Keywords: worship; theology; musical worship; spirit ... See more keywords
A Marriage Service Rite Inculturated for Use in a Context Both Anglican and Chinese
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DOI: 10.1080/0458063x.2019.1638170
Abstract: Worship is the church’s primary act of faith. It is through worship that Christians acknowledge not only their belief about God, but also their theological understanding of their existential presence. Any liturgical form of worship… read more here.
Keywords: church; marriage service; service rite; worship ... See more keywords
The dynamics of worship
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DOI: 10.1177/0040571x221133787
Abstract: Mediaeval liturgies embodied the understanding that the offering of worship became united with Christ’s perfect offering to the Father and was therefore deemed to be as acceptable to God as though it had been offered… read more here.
Keywords: worship; dynamics worship; transcendence; christ perfect ... See more keywords