Is This Why Cranmer Went to the Stake ? [A Response to: Gonna Rock the Town Tonight]
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article36059
- Author
- Perry, Alan T. (Alan Thomas), 1962-
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Liturgy Canada
- Date
- 2010 Lent
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Liturgy Canada
- Date
- 2010 Lent
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 9-10
- Notes
- "In his book 'The Entertainment Economy", American media consultant Michael J. Wolf argues that Americans (and, by extension, Canadians) increasingly make decisions to purchase goods and services based on which option is perceived to be the most entertaining, and which appears most likely to make the consumer feel good. As one reviewed put it, 'Americans now consider 'fun' as an entitlement'." "When I first read John Stephenson's paper, my immediate reaction was 'Yes !' The sort of narcissistic, pseudo-religious search for a high -- the entertaining or feel-good aspect of Wolf's e-factor -- that Stephenson describes is indeed a dangerous force in the Church. In its misguided search for a replica of transcendence, it more resembles the drunken orgies of ecstasy in the Dionysian mystery cults than authentic Christian worship, and ultimately produces the sort of litur-tainment that can never be more than an unconscious parody of authentic liturgy." "For Anglicans, it is a fundamental principle that authentic public worship is worship that is duly authorized, which implies first that the text of the liturgy comes from a source that us authorized, and second that the worship leader has been properly trained and has agreed on oath to operate within the parameters of authentic Anglican liturgy".
- Subjects
- Liturgical renewal - 21st century
- Liturgical renewal - Anglican Church of Canada
- Christianity and culture - 21st century
- Contemporary Christian music
- Public worship - Anglican Church of Canada
- Liturgy - Anglican Church of Canada
- Location
- General Synod Archives