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Item Details
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CHRISTIAN WORSHIP AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
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| By: |
Susan White |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0687076633 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780687076635 |
| Publisher: |
ABINGDON PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 1959 |
| Pages: |
180 |
| Synopsis: |
Those interested in Christian worship have tended to limit their attention to three areas: (1) the history of rites and texts; (2) the theological meaning of specific liturgical acts; and (3) the nature of ritual speech and gesture. But there has been little attention paid to the interaction between Christian worship and its immediate social context. This book will argue that one of the primary influences on the social context of Christian worship is the pervasive presence of technology and technological process, and that these have had a profound effect on liturgical theory and practice. After a survey of some of the important work being done in the history and philosophy of technology, White goes on to cite specific historical examples of the creative interplay between technological processes and Christian worship. This will include such things as the pasteurization of grape juice for the use at communion and the changes in funeral rites which were made necessary by the practice of embalming. The argument will then turn to the way in which individuals who "think technologically" approach the act of Christian worship today, and then to a discussion of the technological influences at work on those involved in preparing services of public worship. This last section will describe how technology has affected the way in which every mainline denomination produces its official service materials, as well as how individual congregations appropriate liturgical change. In the final section of the book, one issue remains to be addressed: Is technology a dangerous social force, against which Christian worship can be a potent weapon? Or, on the other hand, is technology an inextricable element in a contemporary society to which Christian worship must accommodate itself in order to be "relevant"? |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Abingdon Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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