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The biblical Psalms in Christian worship : a brief introduction and guide to resources
- Title
- The biblical Psalms in Christian worship : a brief introduction and guide to resources / John D. Witvliet.
- Author
- Witvliet, John D.
- Publication
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2007.
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Details
- Description
- xix, 169 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Calvin Institute of Christian Worship liturgical studies series
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-157) and indexes.
- Contents
- The Psalms and the basic grammar of Christian worship -- Personal address and dialogic structure -- Identifying God's character through metaphor and historical recitation -- The ebb, flow, and fittingness of praise and petition, gratitude and lament -- Individual and communal speech -- Specificity and generality in prayer -- Emotional engagement and range -- Image and poetry in Christian speech -- Reformation-era testimonies from Luther and Calvin -- Praying the Psalms in Christian worship -- Choosing a Psalm -- Liturgical criteria -- Homiletical criteria -- Pastoral criteria -- Choosing a translation -- Translations and paraphrases of the Psalms -- The liturgical placement of a Psalm -- Framing the congregation's mode of engagement -- Psalm types -- Contemplation or prayer -- Christological framings of Psalm texts -- The Psalms in New Testament context -- Studying the Psalm -- Pace -- Structure -- Script -- Poetic lines -- Parallelism -- Realizing the Psalms : options for singing or speaking -- Solo reading -- Choral reading -- Responsive or antiphonal readings -- Chant -- Psalm tones and pointed text -- Anglican chant -- Gelineau Psalmody -- Plainchant -- Responsorial Psalmody (or Psalmody with congregational refrains or antiphons) -- Metrical Psalmody -- Psalm-based solo and choral anthems, organ and instrumental music -- The Psalms in contemporary and emerging worship, Psalm-based scripture songs, and the Psalms in popular music idioms -- Basis for imporvised prayer -- Visual imagery, children's books, calligraphy -- Composit collections of Psalmody -- Children and youth in intergenerational worship -- Selecting from among these methods -- Finding sources - Pastoral postscript.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-3035
- ISBN
- 9780802807670 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0802807674 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006039057
- OCLC
- 76828849
- vendorOCM76828849
- Author
- Witvliet, John D.
- Title
- The biblical Psalms in Christian worship : a brief introduction and guide to resources / John D. Witvliet.
- Imprint
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2007.
- Series
- Calvin Institute of Christian Worship liturgical studies series
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-157) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-3035