‘You Never Stop Working’: Singing the Exhausting American Work Ethic to the God Who Rested
Theological analysis of the most popular worship song lyrics reflects that American Christians may be singing the American work ethic to the God who rested. Employing Brueggeman’s Sabbath as Resistance and Heschel’s The Sabbath alongside current discussions in evangelical liturgical studies, this ar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2024
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The Evangelical quarterly
Year: 2024, Volume: 95, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-34 |
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B Worship B Congregational Song B Sabbath B Contemporary Worship B Formation B Liturgical Theology |
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| Summary: | Theological analysis of the most popular worship song lyrics reflects that American Christians may be singing the American work ethic to the God who rested. Employing Brueggeman’s Sabbath as Resistance and Heschel’s The Sabbath alongside current discussions in evangelical liturgical studies, this article seeks to answer the following: 1) do the current most utilized congregational songs in America reveal a God who rests, and 2) what lyrical or musical possibilities exist to embody a theology of Sabbath rest. This analysis highlights liturgical and theological dissonance, while exploring musical and lyrical models that display a God who rests in an overworked culture. |
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| ISSN: | 2772-5472 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Evangelical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/27725472-09501001 |