“Renaissance” Worship
The Renaissance was a time of new beginnings, of moving past the norms and looking to new ideas (to be stiflingly literal it was a time of “rebirth,” from the Italian Rinascenza). Developments in science and art were made side-by-side. Unfortunately, in the present age, particularly in the realm of worship, science and art have all but disappeared. Art has been making strides in worship as of late, slowly regain some footing that was lost during the Reformation and the rampage of the iconoclast (kudos to our Catholic and Orthodox friends who maintained their art until the rest of us realized it was okay). But science is still lost, separated from worship due to the Enlightenment. Is it now appropriate to start including a bit more science in our worship?
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