Keeping in Tune with the Times—Praise & Worship Music as Today's Evangelical Hymnody in North America

In the heated discussion about different church music styles, one aspect often gets overlooked: the similarities between traditional hymns and the modern or contemporary Praise and Worship music (P&W). Aiming at unfolding some of these similarities, this article contemplates technological, socio...

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Main Author: Hartje, Gesa F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2009
In: Dialog
Year: 2009, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 364-373
Further subjects:B Worship
B Praise and Worship music
B Evangelicalism
B Hymns
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Summary:In the heated discussion about different church music styles, one aspect often gets overlooked: the similarities between traditional hymns and the modern or contemporary Praise and Worship music (P&W). Aiming at unfolding some of these similarities, this article contemplates technological, sociological, and theological perspectives to reveal parallels between the two practices and postulates P&W as today's evangelical hymnody in North America.
ISSN:1540-6385
Contains:Enthalten in: Dialog
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6385.2009.00485.x