`  :::: You're onto something important, there. Even the liturgical renewal movement seems to have aesthetics and drama at the center of why traditional forms need to be recovered.  From bible-belt Passion plays to [ Hell House ], there is a definite tie-in with theater in modern ideas of ``church``.  I've visited evangelical churches that have nothing recognizably churchy about them - pure entertainment (movies, football games, mime, concerts, just about anything but rites or sermons) - and it's quite intentional; and I've heard that similar things are happening in trendy Roman catholic churches although I have no experience with that.  Personally, it's repugnant. But, it is fact that this is happening and, it's not a fringe phenomenon. `