I Thought It Was Beautiful; I Just Wish I Could Understand It

The Awkward Dance of Multilingual Worship

Bibliographic Data

ID3251908
AuthorsMarcell Silva Steuernagel (0000-0002-6649-1928, Southern Methodist University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume15
Issue5
Pages611
Publication date2024-05-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel15050611
OpenAlexW4396975941
LanguageEN
References cited19

This article explores strategies for planning and leading multilingual worship. It offers an overview of translation and multilingualism for readers unfamiliar with the growing body of scholarship in these fields and connects them to the role of translation and multilingualism in Christian worship, leveraging decolonial perspectives to critique its history. This article draws from a data set of approximately 40 liturgies designed for the Course of Study School of the United Methodist Church at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. It uses selections from these liturgies to demonstrate how issues of translation and multilingualism might be dealt with in worship planning and leadership. Finally, the article points to possibilities for further exploration at the intersection between Christian worship and multilingualism

Aesthetics · Art · Dance · Literature · Sociology · Theology · Visual arts · Wish · Worship · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

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