Music

Too Many Altos and Sopranos? Embrace it.

You’ve probably noticed that more women attend church services than men. The Pew Research Forum recently released a report confirming these observations and showing that women tend to be more religious than men in most places across the globe. In particular, American Christianity amplifies this tendency: Christian women report daily prayer at much higher rates than Christian men …

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The Right Kind of Music: “Drawing the Line” Between Good and Bad Music

This post is about my research on fundamentalist Christian music. Read more about it here!  Fundamentalists speaking and writing about music generally assume a shared belief with their audience that morality exists as a black and white dualism of distinct and absolute categories: good or bad, with a hard and fast line dividing them. Imagine …

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National Congregations Study: Choirs and the Power of Small Groups

This post is part of a series on the National Congregations Study, a sociological study of religious congregations in America. Check out my summary of the study’s main findings and specifics on worship services, the growing informality of worship services, and the surprises and highlights of the study. In reading through the National Congregations Study’s full report and …

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Drums Are Not That Common And 6 Other Surprises from the National Congregations Study

This post is part of a series on the National Congregations Study, a sociological study of religious congregations in America. Check out my summary of the study’s main findings and specifics on worship services, the growing informality of worship services, and what the study tells us about the power of small groups and choirs. Who knew …

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