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Music Educators as Worship Leaders: The Impact in Music Ministries Led by Music Educators [PDF]
, 2023 Some of the most competent musicians in local communities are the music educators in local school districts. Since the Bible commands us to play skillfully to God, local music teachers may be an excellent resource for churches.
Eckelkamp, Patrick Robert
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American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 4, Page 863-874, December 2026.ABSTRACT In Himachal Pradesh, India, village deities act as political figures who play an active role in communal affairs, especially during periods of social change. Bakhan, an annual divination ritual in which these deities speak through human mediums, is a public event that offers forecasts and instructions. I argue that the bakhan is a social arena
Asaf Sharabi
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Worship Music: Its History, Distinction from CCM, and Contemporary Challenges
Worship music occupies a significant position within contemporary Christian music as a distinct musical form dedicated to liturgical services. Unlike Contemporary Christian Music (CCM), which embraces diverse popular music styles for broader cultural ...
Xinyi Li
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ReligionsFor over a century, Hong Kong Christians have sung Chinese hymns in an “out-of-tone” manner. Lyrics in traditional hymnals were translated or written to be sung in Mandarin, the national language, but most locals speak Cantonese, another Sinitic and ...
Shin Fung Hung
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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 2026.Abstract This article traces the social life of medieval Persian poetry as it is repurposed within Los Angeles's Iranian diaspora. Based on 5 years of immersive ethnography in private erfān classes and mystical assemblies, I argue these gatherings function as contemporary diasporic courts, mobilizing core texts within a spiritual marketplace structured
Zia Khoshsirat
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‘There Has Been a Scandal’: Cultural Performers and the Strangers’ Churches of London
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 807-817, November 2026.ABSTRACT Despite what one might assume to have been a rigid line between London's refugee community—with its strict brand of Protestantism—and the city's performance cultures—often the target of strict Protestants' ire—historical records reveal a number of overlaps between those domains.
Matteo Pangallo
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Samen geraakt in wat heilig is
Religie & Samenleving, 2012 Individualization is one of the core components of contemporary theories of youth religiosity. Recently, this legacy of modernization theory is critically assessed in the sociology of religion, in order to get a better grasp of social aspects of youth ...
Ton Zondervan
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Praising as bodily practice: the neocharismatic culture of celebration
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2011 Rhythmic body movements and dancing, as well as singing, have been used as a means and inspiration for both individual and communal spiritual experience throughout the history of religions.
Tuija Hovi
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Program - The Seventh Calvin College Symposium on Worship and Church Music [PDF]
, 1994 The Calvin College Symposium on Worship and Church Music aims to bring together worship leaders and planners, pastors, church artists, and church musicians from many church traditions for times of learning, discussion, and fellowship.
Calvin Symposium on Worship Planning Committee
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Persuasion in contemporary worship music styles: Observations from a South African perspective [PDF]
, 2018 The concept of persuasion is rarely associated with contemporary Christian worship music. In this article, however, established persuasion models by Brown (2006), as well as Jowett and O’Donnell (2012), are employed to analyse the beliefs and ...
cilliers, Salomé
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