Chapter 6 Sunday Morning Costumes

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Permalink Reply by Cindy Skillman on January 29, 2011 at 11:39pm

There are, apparently, people who do feel it necessary to dress up to go to church, and I was once asked by one of the ladies at a church I was attending to please wear a dress if I wanted to be accepted. She was trying to be very nice about it but, you see, I never went back. Which I'm sure was fine with them. I was obviously not their sort.

 

The Sunday morning costumes are only a problem if you haven't got one (and lots of people haven't), but most churches I've been to don't have a problem as long as you are modest. I thought the history of the clerical robes very interesting.

Permalink Reply by Mark Collings on January 30, 2011 at 11:59am

Personally, I saw people in church doing what was considered appropriate in the social or cultural environment they lived in. When the workplace went away from the suit to smart casual, so did the church.  There were pastors who would comment on men or woman dressing inappropriately (and the scriptures talk about this) if the dress was provocative or not in keeping with their position in the church.  Pagan religion itself is pageantry and dressing up is a big part of it (dressing up and playing games as McLuhan called it).   It is an attractive game, one that people who are defining their identity in a world where group identity is taking on importance, want to play.   No perfume please, as the organic church is fragrance free :-)