000			01605cam a22003258a 4500
001			ocn550550804
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093138.0
008			100217s2010 nju b 000 0 eng
010			_a 2010006410
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781596381957
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781596381957
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dSGB _dCDX _dVF$
020			_a9781596381957 (pbk.)
020			_a1596381957 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)550550804
050	0	0	_aML 3869 _b.G67 2010
049			_aVF$A
100	1		_aGordon, T. David, _d1954-
245	1	0	_aWhy Johnny can't sing hymns : _bhow pop culture rewrote the hymnal / _cT. David Gordon.
260			_aPhillipsburg, N.J. : _bP & R Pub., _cc2010.
263			_a1006
300			_a187 p. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_aIntroduction : 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.
520			_aIn 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.
650		0	_aChurch music _xPhilosophy and aesthetics.
650		0	_aPopular culture _xInfluence.
999			_c128727 _d128727