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Surveying the origins of the worship story, Pete Ward takes us straight into a world of religious entrepreneurs, evangelical businesses and spiritual marketing and shows how evangelicals have been engaged in 'selling worship'. Selling in this context is not necessarily negative Ward argues, but a means of communicatin and exchange between contemporary culture and the church. In effect the songs (or rather the practice of singing and listening to the songs) carry the culture and practice of the church. From 'The Story of the Songs' to 'Singing the Story', Ward explores the connections that exist between youth work, the charismatic movement and popular music and offers a multilayered pattern of interpretation. Concluding with a critical appreciation of worship, Selling Worship offers practical guidelines for the future that will be of interest to church historians, leaders, culture watchers and worship leaders.
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