Gordon, T. David,  1954- <br/><br/>
Why Johnny can't sing hymns :  how pop culture rewrote the hymnal / 
T. David Gordon. 
 - Phillipsburg, N.J. :  P & R Pub.,  c2010. 
 - 187 p. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : my pastoral concerns -- Introductory considerations -- Aesthetic relativism -- Form and content -- Meta-messages -- "Sacred music"? -- Three musical genres -- Musical questions -- Contemporaneity as a value -- Song and prayer -- The mind, sentiment, and sentimentality -- Ritual (formality and informality) -- Strategic issues -- Concluding thoughts -- Teaching Johnny hymnody. 
<br/><br/> In this book, I attempt to locate some of the cultural forces that have caused hymns to sound so foreign to this generation that they feel they need to replace them with something contemporary.  I also express misgivings about this circumstance. - Author website. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781596381957 (pbk.) 1596381957 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010006410 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Church music--Philosophy and aesthetics.<br/>Popular culture--Influence.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML 3869  / .G67 2010