... 24/7. The integration of media technology in Hillsong's worship services is part of the larger trend among ... church locations in different parts of the world. Hillsong's worship services display a remarkable similarity in worship space, ...
Tópico(s): Christian Theology and Mission
2015 - Wiley | CrossCurrents
... is thinkable and possible. Our findings show how Hillsong uses music and offers a worship experience that encourages continued reliance on the Church supported by its selective interpretation of the Pentecostal tradition. We trace how Hillsong claims knowledge of the religious consumer, identifying its ...
Tópico(s): Religion, Society, and Development
2019 - SAGE Publishing | Marketing Theory
... This is particularly the case in Australia, where Hillsong and Planetshakers have led the way in composing worship music using rock, pop and hip-hop forms. ...
Tópico(s): Anthropological Studies and Insights
2014 - Taylor & Francis | Scottish journal of religious studies
... two popular artists on the Hillsong Music label, Hillsong United and Darlene Zschech and examines how and why their songs are used in worship. Data is taken from observation of Hillsong church services and from the recorded music available ...
Tópico(s): Media, Religion, Digital Communication
2007 - Equinox Publishing | Journal for the Academic Study of Religion
... type of networked ecclesial organization. In the end, Hillsong is more than just a church, a collection of music, a style of worship, an approach to ministry, or a set of ...
Tópico(s): Religion, Society, and Development
2017 - Oxford University Press | Sociology of Religion
... based Pentecostal churches to expand activities beyond conducting worship services. The paper analyses materials produced by Hillsong Church, C3 Church, Citipointe Church, Planetshakers, and Influencers Church and associated educational, charity, and financial organisations. Through this analysis, the paper finds that the emergence of a neoliberal governance context in Australia provided opportunities for these churches to expand activities beyond traditional worship ceremonies to include additional activities such as running ...
Tópico(s): Christian Theology and Mission
2019 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Religions
... two new prominent collectives, Bethel Music and Elevation Worship, followed Hillsong and Passion in releasing live albums. These live tracks have heavily influenced the local congregation. One example of this influence is the performance practice of singing ad-libs. This article will first define ad-libs within the contemporary worship context and examine how ad-libs provide authenticity ...
Tópico(s): Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies
2023 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Religions
... Australian Pentecostal megachurch Hillsong to expand into Brazil. Hillsong is a global religious phenomenon: it has branches in global cities, celebrities among its followers, and an award-winning worship band. Drawing on five years of multi-sited ethnography in Australia and Brazil, I analyse significant infrastructures – smart church buildings, hip soundscapes, and digital media – that enabled Hillsong to establish itself in Brazil. I show that ...
Tópico(s): Homelessness and Social Issues
2021 - SAGE Publishing | Social Compass
... is particularly acute in the case of the Hillsong megachurch. Employing the full array of spectacular possibilities made available by the contemporary culture industry, Hillsong churches centralize cultural production and standardize musical performance ...
Tópico(s): Anthropological Studies and Insights
2018 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Religions
... Referring closely to the internationally renowned Australian megachurch, Hillsong, this paper attempts to arrive at an analytical ...
Tópico(s): Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies
2008 - Taylor & Francis | Material Religion
... the Sacred: The Impact of Geoff Bullock and Hillsong Church on Contemporary Congregational Song in Sydney 1990– ...
Tópico(s): Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
2007 - Taylor & Francis | Identities
... churches and movements which are flourishing (e.g. Hillsong, Alpha, New Wine, Soul Survivor) and the rise ...
Tópico(s): Religion and Society Interactions
2008 - Wiley | Journal of Clinical Nursing
... Resurgence of Religion , this article assesses Australian pentecostal worship practice in light of his “Charismatic City.” The article suggests that this emergent, poetic language of Spirit empowerment situates the worshipper in a rhizomatic network that flows with pentecostal energies, forming a new commons or space that is the basis of its global civil society. It presents two local case studies from Hillsong Church’s pneumatological song repertoire (1996–2006), and ...
Tópico(s): Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
2016 - Brill | Pneuma
... that lasts past dawn.Each Sunday, London’s Hillsong mega-church holds four sessions at the Dominion ... London that can seat several thousand, and every Hillsong service is packed. Pentecostalism has deep roots in ... 1990s, the Pentecostal revival swept Britain. Churches like Hillsong proliferated, in part by appealing to young people.Alongside the growth of churches like Hillsong, another movement was building in Britain’s West ... Earl’s Court Exhibition Center in mid-May. Hillsong Church is another one of the three sponsors ...
Tópico(s): Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies
2013 - SAGE Publishing | World Policy Journal
... NCC) in comparison to the original songs from Hillsong Church Australia (Hillsong) through the period of 2014–2020. While NCC ... lens into English as a common language of worship. This article demonstrates that while the use of ... lyrics is a unifying force for multilingual congregational worship, it is also not benign, but actively shaping ...
Tópico(s): Asian Studies and History
2024 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Religions