Rhythmaculture

I found the article titled Rhythmaculture extremely interesting because it talked about how the Europeans eradicated their native percussion at the time of religious unification, because vocal and instrumental music were absorbed into the new church. So was drumming just too pagan to be used in worship? I know many world cultures today use percussion and dance in religious ceremony, but not Europe. It made me wonder what America would be different if Europeans had retained their native drumming.