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So in the reading I agree with Capps when he says on p (42) that the biggest challenge facing liturgical music is the juggernaut of mass culture. The economy and the influence of the mass media play an important part in styles of liturgies. Now these days I have seen a little bit of heavy metal music being incorporated in a worship service before.  T.S. Eliot says that “We are liable to confuse religion with culture believing that we are being true to a holy faith when in fact we are defending a set of customs” (p39 line 35).  I’m just not sure what to make of this, because when I look around styles of worship are changing with the culture. It’s almost as if they both go hand in hand.” Worship is changing with the generations, “Regardless it’s hard to name a secular style of music in any era that hasn’t been pressed into service by some branch of the church or other” (p39 line 4).  So I guess my question is couldn’t religion and culture merge together in liturgical music making it effective, and couldn’t that bridge the gap between secular and sacred music?