The Worship Mall: Contemporary response to contemporary cultures

The Worship Mall: Contemporary response to contemporary cultures

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Is good art good worship or vice versa? There is also a remarkable absence of any sense of doxology. Who, in the last resort, is this worship for? His book represents the latest, but not the last, word on the changing phenomenon of alternative worship. It is a book for the newcomer to alternative worship, particularly those from a Catholic or traditional Anglican background. In particular, it hints at the old, false assumption that alternative worship is particularly aimed at younger people. Seasoned alternative-worship practitioners may be left wondering whether this is mainly a book for the priest, and about the degree to which a creative community will be fostered by its instructions.

It all depends into whose hands the book falls.

Alternative worship is just one of many liturgical responses to the challenges of post-modernity. In The Worship Mall , he takes the reader by the hand to explore the wild, diverse, and occasionally whacky terrain of Christian worship in the post-modern world. The accuracy of his descriptions and the precision of his analysis are outstanding; yet this is a book not only for the scholar. The range of interest is vast: Spinks provides a concise and balanced assessment of the post-Vatican II reaction currently affecting Roman Catholicism, a trip to isolated communities of snake-handlers in the Appalachians, and visits to the Amish, to African Independent churches, and to communities of the economically disenfranchised in South Korea.

Precise, extensive, clearly written, and insightful, this is an example of scholarship serving the Church at its very best. Save money on books reviewed or featured in the Church Times. To get your reader discount:.

Visit the Best Christian Books website to see which books made our list, read the judges' notes and add your own comments. We are expecting the Senior Music Minister, in close consultation with the senior team, to develop their own vision for music and the arts which will serve All Souls and the wider church. To evangelise with the gospel of Christ was also to convert people groups to the culture, and liturgical culture, of Christendom.

In recent history, denominations have recognised the importance of allowing indigenous liturgical forms to grow within newly evangelised peoples.

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For example, the Second Vatican Council states: Rather does she respect and foster the qualities and talents of the various races and nations. The missionary herself has received Christianity in a cultural form, and thus ought to allow the new culture to inform and critique her perception of Christ and worship.

Yet the liturgy must at the same time give authentic expression The Conciliar and Post Conciliar Documents, ed. Quoted in Tovey, Inculturation of Christian Worship, p. The former view would see all contemporary cultural forms as inherently ungodly, and in the context of worship would attempt to be as different from society as possible. The second would celebrate within all cultural forms, uncritically allowing them to shape their faith.

In relation to social media, these would be the churches who either reject any involvement with technology and social media culture in church, or those who embrace it wholesale. Neither of these extremes stand up to scrutiny. Rather, one is the context, the milieu, in which the other comes to life: The question is not whether a particular culture shapes liturgy but how.

Whilst this is true, the opposite danger is equally bankrupt. This is based on three theological convictions: Niebuhr gives us useful categories, but his conclusions have come under criticism. This should lead us to a concept of how we might continue to contextualise the gospel and our worship in different human societies.

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Every cultural reality is graced and transformed. A new value is set on everything that is good and true in human traditions.

Jesus did not only assume the culture of his time, he also critiqued it from within. Cultures are to be evangelised and to undergo metanioa or conversion at their profoundest level. What is core to Christian worship, and what can change with culture? Bauckham points out how this view might be a challenge to postmodern culture, which treats all absolute truth claims with suspicion.

These include elements such as confession, creeds, intercession, benedictions, and much more. Grand Rapids, Baker Books p. When contextualising social media culture in worship, we have the opportunity to reclaim and rediscover liturgical practices which will bring much needed breadth and health to our services.

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Schultz argues strongly for the importance of placing a technological approach within a liturgical framework: God speaks, human beings respond in faith. Paperback , pages. Published February 1st by Church Publishing first published January 1st To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

To ask other readers questions about The Worship Mall , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Aug 08, Tanya rated it it was amazing Shelves: Great book for those looking a wholistic overview of worship cultures, and how they fit together. Spinks proposes that we 'shop' for worship styles similarly to how we browse a mall. The various types on offer are post-modern, entertainment, blended Maybe I don't agree with his assessment, but it's an interesting parallel. Craig rated it liked it Jan 10, Sara Hill rated it did not like it Jan 20, Elizabeth rated it it was ok May 20, Prayuth Sariman rated it it was amazing Dec 25, Marc Volgers rated it really liked it Sep 02, David rated it really liked it Jun 07, Chewlinkay rated it really liked it Apr 11, Angela rated it it was ok Oct 25, Sara rated it it was ok Nov 01,

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