ABSTRACT
Each emphasis group was scrutinized through a trifocal lens designed to bring into focus three simultaneous horizons: participation in human action, participation in divine-through-human action, and participation in the life of God. It is now possible to summarize, compare, and integrate the study's findings across the groups as well as to consider its broader implications. The primary thrust of each group is presented, along with the salient features of its general approach to worship and worship participation. Immediately apparent is at least one theme that is constant across all the groups: a belief in the vital importance of worship participation. The books from every one of the emphasis groups devote many pages to affirming and promoting congregational participation, and to exploring ways in which it might be expanded, enriched, and enlivened. One might expect any responsible treatment of worship to give attention to such interiority, and it is not surprising that this mostly-evangelical literature does so with special enthusiasm.
