| Contents |
1. The opening theme -- 2. The people without music -- "That shit" -- "Waste not" and "control" -- Divine Lunacy -- 3. The Irish way -- The green mainstream -- The "foreigners" -- The beloved Repertory -- The last sung hurrah -- The new beloved repertory -- 4. De-ritualization -- Good morning! -- Polishing the chalice -- Wasted motions -- Farewell, high church -- The trauma -- Objectivity and "me" -- A poem should -- 5. Ego renewal -- Presenting father Hank and friends -- You're lookin' great, Narcissus -- The icon -- The reformed-folk style -- I am the voice of God -- The softer image -- Glory and praise -- The kingdom and the power -- Designer music -- 6. The people -- They're hopeless -- Notre Dame study -- What do they want? -- The experts will transform the mob -- The glass box cracked -- The layer cake -- 7. The stick and the carrot -- Challenge and response -- Clarity -- The Requirement -- A cultural carrot -- The old carrot -- 8. Mr. nice guy -- The new triumphalism -- The brakes -- Mr. not-so-nice -- The bitter half -- Exeunt omnes -- 9. The end. |
| Abstract |
This book is about the culture of American Christianity and what it does to our understanding of God, self, and community as reflected in the way Christians worship. |
| Abstract |
"Day, head of the music department at Salve Regina College in Rhode Island, accurately and wittily skewers what passes for culture in American Catholicism, particularly as expressed in church music. He takes aim at the "Irish-American" repertoire of songs that comprise Catholic music in this country, and assails other less felicitous liturgical practices in vogue since Vatican II, such as applauding during Mass. "Liturgical post-modernism," according to Day, has resulted in noisy and forced participation from the laity, and encourages a church-wide narcissism that is a serious threat to individuals as well as the institution. No mere nay-sayer, Day makes positive suggestions for nurturing the latent vitality he perceives in the American Catholic community. This is an informative, insightful and entertaining critique."--Publishers Weekly. |
| General note | This printing: 2000 - - title page verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-177) and index. |
| Genre/form | Church history. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 90036696 |
| ISBN | 0824510356 |
| ISBN | 9780824510350 |
| ISBN | 0824511530 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780824511531 (pbk.) |
