Publication Date
6-2026
School
College of Arts and Sciences; School of Music
Major
Music: Worship Studies; TESL
Keywords
worship, Latin America, theology, suffering, missiology, ethnodoxology
Disciplines
Ethnomusicology | Liturgy and Worship | Missions and World Christianity | Practical Theology
Recommended Citation
Joseph, Moriah Hope, "The Fellowship of Christ's Sufferings: Toward a Practical Philosophy of Worship for Missions in the Latin American Church" (2026). Senior Honors Theses. 1626.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/honors/1626
Abstract
Within Latin America, evil and suffering are ever-present realities that cannot be concealed, and the Hispanic society is aching for relief. Liberation Theology and the prosperity gospel – and their accompanying worship practices – have been offered as tools to help alleviate the experience of suffering. But these theological perspectives and practices have accomplished little in edifying the Church by way of truth. Thus, the call for the modern missionary is to instead preach worship that is a response to the incarnate Christ in suffering. The missionary must advocate for worship practices that provide space for biblical lament, reveal a suffering Savior, eagerly await the return of Christ, call the congregation to repentance, and embody the ministry of reconciliation through appropriate contextualization of song style.
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Ethnomusicology Commons, Liturgy and Worship Commons, Missions and World Christianity Commons, Practical Theology Commons
