“I’ll Bring You More Than a Song”: Toward a Reassessment of Methodology in the Study of Contemporary Praise and Worship

In the recent study of Contemporary Praise and Worship (CPW), many studies have focused on musical repertory, including its text, music, performance, as foundational text(s) for theoretical analysis. particular, scholars relied lists most popular songs that been reported to Christian Copyright Licensing International (CCLI). This essay points out several critical weaknesses in current overreliance this methodology instead contends two underutilized methodologies—liturgical ethnography liturgical history—that need be developed scholarship. The argues such a cultivation will enable burgeoning scholarship CPW gain richer insight into range theological meaning expressed contexts.