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, 2019 Celebrity Worship provides an introduction to the fascinating study of celebrity culture and religion. The book argues for celebrity as a foundational component for any consideration of the relationship between religion, media and culture. Celebrity worship is seen as a vibrant and interactive discourse of the sacred self in contemporary society ...
P. Ward
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Investigating the polytheism of the prayers of non-Gods based on verse 18 of Surah 72 in comparison with the views of Shiites and Wahhabis [PDF]
پژوهشنامه کلام تطبیقی شیعه, 2022 In the view of Wahhabi elements, prayer is one of the most important acts of worship and means asking with humiliation. Citing the verse "فَلا تَدْعُوا مَعَ الله أَحَدَا", they consider reading non-gods as invalid or polytheism and consider it ...
Mohammad Jafar Milan Nourani +1 more
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Dewa Ruci Jurnal Pengkajian dan Penciptaan Seni, 2023 The connection between music and the church is integral, especially during worship, where hymns require musical accompaniment. The musical experience influences congregational engagement and emotions.
Putra Andino Nugrahhu +3 more
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The Courage to Preach in the Digital Age
Religions, 2023 This article is an invitation to truly postmodern conversational approaches to preaching beyond a monological modern mass media sermon dressed up in conversational style.
Casey T. Sigmon
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Beyond Translated vs. Indigenous: Turkish Protestant Christian Hymnody as Global and Local Identity
Religions, 2021 At Turkey’s first national worship conferences in 2011, a passionate debate arose on whether Western music or indigenous Turkish music was most appropriate for worship.
Jeremy Perigo
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The present study constructed a moderated mediation model to examine whether borderline pathological celebrity worship may be associated with higher levels of impulsive buying intent.
Outong Chen +5 more
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“Blessed Is the One Whose Bowels Can Move: An Essay in Praise of Lament” in Contemporary Worship
Religions, 2022 The CCLI charts may not reflect it, yet one thing many Christian churches discovered as the pandemic raged across the world (and violence at home and abroad) was the need for songs of sacred lament.
Casey T. Sigmon
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BMC Psychology, 2022 Background Several studies have examined the relationship between celebrity worship and cosmetic surgery; however, few have discussed the mediating role of self-concept.
Jia Cui, Yong Fang
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Religions, 2021 How does the local raga-based music setting of Psalm 24:7–10 become associated with Christian identity in an Islamic context? How does Psalm 24 strengthen the faith of the marginalized church and broaden messianic hope?
Eric Sarwar
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The psychological role of music and attentional control for religious experiences in worship
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 2022 This study investigated the psychological dynamics during worship experiences under the influence of different music conditions. In total, 60 believers were recruited to participate in experiments where they were asked to engage in worship and to connect
Yoshija Walter, A. Altorfer
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