
Contemporary Worship Music Shapes The Way Evangelical Christians Understand Worship Itself. Author Monique M. Ingalls Argues That Participatory Worship Music Performances Have Brought Into Being New Religious Social Constellations, Or Modes Of Congregating. Through Exploration Of Five Of These Modes--concert, Conference, Church, Public, And Networked Congregations--singing The Congregation Reinvigorates The Analytic Categories Of Congregation And Congregational Music. Drawing From Theoretical Models In Ethnomusicology And Congregational Studies, Singing The Congregation Reconceives The Congregation As A Fluid, Contingent Social Constellation That Is Actively Performed Into Being Through Communal Practice--in This Case, The Musically-structured Participatory Activity Known As Worship. Congregational Music-making Is Thereby Recast As A Practice Capable Of Weaving Together A Religious Community Both Inside And Outside Local Institutional Churches. Congregational Music-making Is Not Only A Means Of Expressing Local Concerns And Constituting The Local Religious Community; It Is Also A Powerful Way To Identify With Far-flung Individuals, Institutions, And Networks That Comprise This Global Religious Community. The Interactions Among The Congregations Reveal Widespread Conflicts Over Religious Authority, Carrying Far-ranging Implications For How Evangelicals Position Themselves Relative To Other Groups In North America And Beyond.
How does contemporary worship music function as a mechanism for constructing religious identity and social organization among evangelical Christians? Monique M. Ingalls, an expert in ethnomusicology and congregational studies, investigates the intersection of musical performance and religious social structures. She argues that worship music is not merely an expressive act but a performative practice that actively constitutes fluid social constellations, which she defines as congregations. By analyzing the interplay between music and community, Ingalls provides a framework for understanding how modern evangelicalism transcends traditional institutional boundaries.
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Scholars in the field of religious studies and ethnomusicology frequently cite this work as a foundational text for understanding the social dimensions of contemporary worship music. Readers often note the academic rigor of the prose, which effectively bridges the gap between musicological theory and sociological observation.
Page Count:
224
Publication Date:
2018-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190499656
ISBN-13:
9780190499655
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