Keeping in Tune with the Times—Praise & Worship Music as Today's Evangelical Hymnody1 in North America |
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| Authors: | Gesa F. Hartje |
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| Affiliation: | Doctoral student Gesa F. Hartje studied cultural studies in Germany before pursuing a PhD in ethnomusicology focusing on Praise and Worship music in North America. With financial support from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), she recently spent time in Chicago as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Chicago and the Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago where she conducted interviews and collected material for her research. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract : 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. |
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| Keywords: | evangelicalism Praise and Worship music worship hymns |
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