Evangelical worship : an American mosaic / Melanie C. Ross.

Author
Ross, Melanie C. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
  • ©2021
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1 online resource (321 pages)

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Say the words "evangelical worship" to anyone in the United States -- even if they are not particularly religious -- and a picture will likely spring to mind unbidden: a mass of white middle-class worshippers with eyes closed, faces tilted upward, and hands raised to the sky. Weaving together insights from American religious history and liturgical studies, and drawing on extensive fieldwork in seven congregations, Melanie C. Ross brings contemporary evangelical worship to life. Critics have underestimated evangelical worship, seeing it as little more than a manipulative effort to arouse devotional exhilaration. This book will irrevocably change that interpretation, revealing worship to be the site where congregations forge, argue over, and enact their unique contributions to the American mosaic known as evangelicalism.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents
  • cover
  • Evangelical Worship
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: The Significance of Evangelical Worship
  • Part I
  • 1. "My Worship Has Been Hijacked": Forty Years of Worship Wars
  • 2. "Stately and Set Apart": Upholding Tradition in Boston
  • 3. "Suddenly We're in a Different Era": Navigating Transition in Chicago
  • 4. "Something Better Has Come Along": Championing Innovation in Atlanta
  • Part II
  • 5. "How Can We Catch Fire?": Prophecy and Activism in the Vineyard
  • 6. "You Can't Make Me Sing": Resisting Authority in Portland
  • 7. "Not to Sing Is to Disobey": Submitting to Paradox in Nashville
  • Part III
  • 8. "One Voice in Many Languages": Pentecostal Praises in the American Southwest
  • 9. "Navigating the Beautiful Tension": Evangelical Worship as Eschatological Culture
  • Appendix A: Research Methods
  • Appendix B: Demographic Information
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index.
ISBN
  • 0-19-753077-X
  • 0-19-753078-8
  • 0-19-753076-1
OCLC
1266897152
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