A Typology of Ad-Libbing: Performing Authenticity in Contemporary Worship by Shannan K. Baker

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Venezuelan Evangelical Digital Diaspora, Pandemics, and the Connective Power of Contemporary Worship Music by Fernando Adolfo Mora, Enrique García Martínez

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“Blessed Is the One Whose Bowels Can Move: An Essay in Praise of Lament” in Contemporary Worship by Casey T. Sigmon

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“This Is No Performance”: Exploring the Complicated Relationship between the Church and Contemporary Congregational Songs by Daniel Thornton

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The Music of the Silent Exodus: Nunchi Bwa-ing and Christian Musicking in a Second-Generation Asian American Church by Kathryn Minyoung Cooke

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Ou-Testamentiese perspektiewe op lyding by J. L. Helberg

“…Attention is directed to aspects like the following: the relevance of Psalms in the Old Testament especially the laments in the Psalms - and in contemporary worship; sin, God's sovereignty and the mystery of his action; the place of enemies; cause- and goal-directed suffering; self­ encouragement; communion and the inclination to serve.…”
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Songs without words: Some theological reflections on liturgical jazz by Harrison, C

“…</p> <br/> <p>These are the two questions which I would like to discuss in relation to my own work on early Christian theology. Contemporary worship and liturgical jazz may seem rather far removed from the early Church but it, too, was preoccupied with similar questions: what role does music have – and most especially, what role does spontaneous, extemporary, musical expression have – in worship?…”

Exuberant Praise: A Pentecostal Reading of Psalm 150 by Lee Roy Martin

“…Therefore, the methodology of this article views Psalm 150 through the lens of Pentecostal spirituality and offers a contemporary appropriation of this biblical text for contemporary worship. The methodology includes historical–grammatical exegesis that focuses on the rhetorical effect of the poetic structure and content. …”
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Publishing Privileges the Published: An Analysis of Gender, Class, and Race in the Hymnological Feedback Loop by Katie Graber, Anneli Loepp Thiessen

“…Contemporary hymnody and contemporary worship music are predominantly written by men, and additions of global song have relied on a narrow swath of scholars and publications. …”
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No longer slaves: weak hamartiology in Bethel Music by Kalveks, T

“…Bethel have produced a large number of pop worship songs, such as ‘Forever’ and ‘No Longer Slaves,’ that have been incorporated into contemporary worship services across the globe, as the pop idiom has become more popular in Christian worship. …”