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About this book
Almost every congregation is experiencing tension over worship. Many congregations have been participating in a renaissance of worship known as the "liturgical movement" and have reclaimed worship forms that have served the church for centuries. Yet because the church today is operating in a radically changed cultural environment, many people in our society do not understand liturgical worship and thus we must find language, music, themes, and images that speak to the unchurched, spiritually seeking person. In Beyond the Worship Wars, Thomas G. Long discusses the nine characteristics of vital and faithful worship practiced by a wide range of "third-way" congregations-all characteristics that make for vital and faithful worshi
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Table of contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Worship Wars: A Report from the Front Lines
- Chapter 2 Why Do People Come to Worship? The Presence of Mystery
- Chapter 3 Why Do People Come to Worship? A Sense of Belonging
- Chapter 4 All the World’s a Stage—and Heaven, Too
- Chapter 5 O For a Thousand Tongues The Challenge of Music
- Chapter 6 Tents, Temples, and Tables The Space of Worship
- Chapter 7 Serving in This Place: Neighborhoods and Mission
- Chapter 8 Come to the Joyful Dance: Memory and Celebration
- Chapter 9 In the Spirit on the Lord’s Day: Leadership
- Chapter 10 Epilogue: Can Revitalized Worship Happen Here?
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography