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While organized Christianity has invested in the community dramas of congregations to maintain its ethic, the churches--especially the Roman Catholic Church--have measured success in terms of convention and conformance instead, and social scientists have conducted studies in terms of attendance and individual orthodoxy. Pierre Hegy measures it in terms of engaged community interaction. His research is sound while extant alternatives are not. --Anthony J. Blasi, Tennessee State University Pierre Hegy has produced a book, based on fine-grained sociological research, that every seminary professor (and others) should read. . . . Hegy provides the actual workings of liturgy in real parishes, in real time, with real people that seminary professors can draw on to illustrate and unpack the practical/pastoral dimensions of their teachings. . . . We would all be wise to read it. --Michael McCallion, Sacred Heart Major Seminary Pierre Hegy brings his wealth of knowledge and wisdom to this insightful sociological analysis of worship styles and settings to challenge readers to reform worship in a way that focuses on the mystagogical. Hegy calls us all in the church to much needed reform. --David VonSchlichten, Seton Hill University

"""While organized Christianity has invested in the community dramas of congregations to maintain its ethic, the churches--especially the Roman Catholic Church--have measured success in terms of convention and conformance instead, and social scientists have conducted studies in terms of attendance and individual orthodoxy. Pierre Hegy measures it in terms of engaged community interaction. His research is sound while extant alternatives are not."" --Anthony J. Blasi, Tennessee State University ""Pierre Hegy has produced a book, based on fine-grained sociological research, that every seminary professor (and others) should read. . . . Hegy provides the actual workings of liturgy in real parishes, in real time, with real people that seminary professors can draw on to illustrate and unpack the practical/pastoral dimensions of their teachings. . . . We would all be wise to read it."" --Michael McCallion, Sacred Heart Major Seminary ""Pierre Hegy brings his wealth of knowledge and wisdom to this insightful sociological analysis of worship styles and settings to challenge readers to reform worship in a way that focuses on the mystagogical. Hegy calls us all in the church to much needed reform."" --David VonSchlichten, Seton Hill University"

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Pierre Hegy is professor emeritus at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY. He taught for two years in Lima, Peru, and one year in Taipei, Taiwan. His main research interests are in the sociology of religion and church renewal. Most of this research was based on participant observation, which led him to investigate worship practices in many local churches--the topic of this book. He is also the author of Wake Up, Lazarus! On Catholic Renewal, and he is currently pursuing evaluation research in homiletics.

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