
Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 192 Pages
- Publisher: P&R Publishing Company
- Publication Date: June 2010
- ISBN: SGORDOTDWHYJOHNNYCANTSINGHYM9781596381957
Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal
Listen to the four lectures Dr. T. David Gordon gave at the conference Reformed Worship in the Electronic Age. (Amoskeag Presbyterian Church)
Publisher's Description
Changes in music have affected the way we think, the way we worship—even the way we are able to worship. We are steeped in a culture of pop music that makes other genres seem strangely foreign and unhelpful. Worship has become a conflict area, rather than a source of unity.
T. David Gordon looks at these changes in worship and not only examines the problems, but also provides solutions. They are solutions of great importance to us all—because how we sing affects how we live.
About the Author
T. David Gordon (MAR, ThM Westminster Theological Seminary; PhD Union Theological Seminary, VA) has been Professor of Religion and Greek at Grove City College since 1999
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"Dr. Gordon is at it again, bringing reformed theology and media ecology to bear on one of the thorniest issues in the church todayworship song. Witty, persuasive, and gracious, he challenges the conventional wisdom in the midst of the so-called 'worship wars,' asking for a serious inquiry into the nature of worship song and the media appropriate to it. He convinces us that if we are to worship with reverence and awe we must not unthinkingly accept the message of popular music."
Gregory E. Reynolds
Author of The Word Is Worth a Thousand Pictures: Preaching in the Electronic Age
"'Worship forms, tunes, and practices are neutral.' 'We may worship God in any way that is not forbidden.' T. David Gordon criticizes these widely held assumptions in light of the biblical doctrine of worship. he makes a vigorous case for traditional forms of worship. Those who have never considered the tradition will benefit from this critique, and all those ho read will find this essay stimulating."
R. Scott Clark
Professor of Church History and Historical Theology, Westminster Seminary California
"T. David Gordon's writing is refreshingly candid and insightful. In this very readable volume he helpfully contextualizes the ways pop music has impoverished our culture and worship in so many churches, while calling us to embrace again the enduring values of hymnody and psalmody. I encourage anyone concerned about biblical worship to read this book."
Paul S. Jones
Music Director, Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia
Product Description
Listen to the four lectures Dr. T. David Gordon gave at the conference Reformed Worship in the Electronic Age. (Amoskeag Presbyterian Church)
Publisher's Description
Changes in music have affected the way we think, the way we worship—even the way we are able to worship. We are steeped in a culture of pop music that makes other genres seem strangely foreign and unhelpful. Worship has become a conflict area, rather than a source of unity.
T. David Gordon looks at these changes in worship and not only examines the problems, but also provides solutions. They are solutions of great importance to us all—because how we sing affects how we live.
About The Author
Product Details
- Cover Type:
- 192 Pages
- Publisher: P&R Publishing Company
- Publication Date: June 2010
- ISBN: SGORDOTDWHYJOHNNYCANTSINGHYM9781596381957