Excellent4.8 out of 5On Trustpilot
  1. The Church/
  2. Worship and Hymnology

Bookmark this item

Performing the Gospel

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Cascade Books
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

£29.85

Save 17% | Free UK Delivery

Available - Usually dispatched within 6 days

Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account

Bookmark this item

What is the difference between good worship and good entertainment? Too often, people disparage some aspect of worship by calling it ""just entertainment"" or ""just a performance."" Others say that they do not need to go to church because they have profound spiritual or even religious experiences at concerts, plays, movies, or dances. How is worship different from these performing arts? How is art different from entertainment? This book looks at the history of the performing arts both in worship and as worship, with particular attention to the attitudes that shape our ideas about both worship and entertainment. Working definitions of words like ""art,"" ""excellence,"" ""liturgy,"" and ""play"" help to illuminate what different people mean when they use them in conversations about Christian worship. Putting theological, scriptural, and practical writings on worship and the performing arts in conversation with interviews with dancers, musicians, actors, preachers, and liturgical scholars, this volume is intended to help pastors, performers, and everyone who plans, leads, or cares about worship talk with one another in mutually respectful and helpful ways.
Performing the Gospel and Sanctifying Art
Sanctifying ArtPerforming the Gospel

  • Title

    Performing the Gospel

  • Author

    Deborah Sokolove

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Cascade Books

  • Published

    March 2019

  • Weight

    482g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9781498296984

  • ISBN-10

    149829698X

  • Eden Code

    4983406

Real Easter Eggs