How Christians Feel About the Songs They Sing: Corporately (Esthesic Analysis Pt 2)

This second part of the esthesic analysis utilises survey data from Australia’s National Church Life Surveys (NCLS) conducted in 2011 asking congregants questions related to musical worship and their church’s worship services. Time is taken to examine the way in which questions were asked and interpreting the responses which were often not plainly evident. An additional Operations Survey is also analysed which provided information regarding church services, including service and sermon durations. The conclusion brings together the researcher’s survey findings and those of the NCLS to articulate some of the meaning-making processes Christians engage in relating to CCS.