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Over-Generalizing, Under-Promising, and Over-Promising: Singing Sadness and Joy in the Church

Religions, 2022
In this article, I examine the emotional content of songs sung in Christian churches. An analysis of the lyrical content of the songs that have been tracked by Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI) from 1988 to 2018, shows there is a ...
Daniel Jesse
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“This Is No Performance”: Exploring the Complicated Relationship between the Church and Contemporary Congregational Songs

Religions, 2023
“Performing” and “performance” are potentially contentious words within the context of contemporary Christian worship. However, performative elements are explicit in the lyrics of contemporary congregational songs (CCS), and in video recordings of CCS ...
Daniel Thornton
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“All you have created rightly gives you praise”

Ex Fonte, 2022
This essay challenges interpretations of Christian worship that have constricted the understanding of who worships in starkly anthropocentric ways.
Teresa Berger
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ANALISIS KRITIS TERHADAP PENGGUNAAN NYANYIAN ROHANI KONTEMPORER DI IBADAH MINGGU SORE GEREJA HKBP PARDAMEAN PEMATANG SIANTAR

Manna Rafflesia, 2023
Generally, the songs for worship at the HKBP church come from the Buku Ende HKBP and Kidung Jemaat. However, a new phenomenon has emerged recently, especially in HKBP churches in urban areas, such as HKBP Pardamean Pematang Siantar, implementing Sunday ...
Harminto Sihombing
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Acceptance of contemporary songs in the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe liturgy: Ruwa section, Goromonzi

African Musicology Online, 2023
The study examined the use of songs from outside the worship liturgy of the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (MCZ) in the Ruwa Section, Goromonzi Circuit. The circuit had six congregations with mixed views on the above-referred songs. A debate on the choice
Richard Muranda, Egnes Banda
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En Gud värdig tillbedjan

Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to widen the discussion on worship and question the assumption that only a personal God can be worthy of worship. Within philosophy of religion, the contemporary debate on worship axiomatically assumes that only a personal ...
Lina Langby
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Calvin dan Potensi Pemikirannya bagi Ibadah Kristen

Veritas: Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan, 2020
Calvin and the Potential of His Thought for Christian Worship. This article presents the potential of some of John Calvin's thoughts on Christian worship for today and the future.
Billy Kristanto
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Fitting Liturgical Language [PDF]

Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2020
The article raises the question of what the language of worship should be and attempts to identify the basic theological and liturgical criteria that determine the relevance of the language to its task.
Basilius Jacobus (Bert) Groen
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Harmonising Faith and Tradition: Sacred Vocal Polyphony in Contemporary South African Christian Worship [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
This study aims to shed light on the intricate relationship between sacred vocal polyphony and the changing landscape of contemporary church music in South Africa.
Sakhiseni Joseph Yende
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Hellige træer i hinduismen: Et mødested i mellem religionstyper

Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2021
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this article, the focus will be on the worship of tress in Hinduism in both a textual historical and a contemporary perspective. A main argument is that the worship of trees is a central part of most forms of Hinduism regardless of ...
Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger
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