Evangelical worship : an American mosaic / Melanie C. Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Melanie C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelicalism--United States--Case studies.

Evangelicalism.

Public worship--United States--Case studies.

Public worship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Say the words "evangelical worship" to anyone in the United States -- even if they are not particularly religious -- and a picture will likely spring to mind unbidden: a mass of white middle-class worshippers with eyes closed, faces tilted upward, and hands raised to the sky. Weaving together insights from American religious history and liturgical studies, and drawing on extensive fieldwork in seven congregations, Melanie C. Ross brings contemporary evangelical worship to life. Critics have underestimated evangelical worship, seeing it as little more than a manipulative effort to arouse devotional exhilaration. This book will irrevocably change that interpretation, revealing worship to be the site where congregations forge, argue over, and enact their unique contributions to the American mosaic known as evangelicalism.

Contents:

cover

Evangelical Worship

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Significance of Evangelical Worship

Part I

1. "My Worship Has Been Hijacked": Forty Years of Worship Wars

2. "Stately and Set Apart": Upholding Tradition in Boston

3. "Suddenly We're in a Different Era": Navigating Transition in Chicago

4. "Something Better Has Come Along": Championing Innovation in Atlanta

Part II

5. "How Can We Catch Fire?": Prophecy and Activism in the Vineyard

6. "You Can't Make Me Sing": Resisting Authority in Portland

7. "Not to Sing Is to Disobey": Submitting to Paradox in Nashville

Part III

8. "One Voice in Many Languages": Pentecostal Praises in the American Southwest

9. "Navigating the Beautiful Tension": Evangelical Worship as Eschatological Culture

Appendix A: Research Methods

Appendix B: Demographic Information

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-753077-X

0-19-753078-8

0-19-753076-1

OCLC:

1266897152