Wonderful Words of Life

This series is designed to promote reflection on the history, theology, and practice of Christian worship and to stimulate worship renewal in Christian congregations. Written by pastoral worship leaders from diverse communities and scholars from a range of disciplines, these volumes seek to nurture worship practices that are at once spiritually vital and theologically rooted. Book jacket.

Series Preface

vii

Contributors

x

Introduction

xii

Richard J. Mouw

IN THE BEGINNING WAS WATTS

The Defining Role of Hymns in Early Evangelicalism

3

(14)

Mark A. Noll

``We're Marching to Zion'': Isaac Watts in Early America

17

(25)

Esther Rothenbusch Crookshank

Hymnody and Politics: Isaac Watts's ``Our God, Our Help in Ages Past'' and Timothy Dwight's ``I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord''

42

(27)

Rochelle A. Stackhouse

HYMNS AND THE ORDERING OF PROTESTANT LIFE

Jesus Shall Reign: Hymns and Foreign Missions, 1800-1870

69

(27)

Robert A. Schneider

Marketing the Gospel: Music in English-Canadian Protestant Revivalism, 1884-1957

96

(27)

Kevin Kee

``I Found My Thrill'': The Youth for Christ Movement and American Congregational Singing, 1940-1970

123

(27)

Thomas E. Bergler

Protestant Hymnody in Contemporary Roman Catholic Worship

150

(14)

Felicia Piscitelli

White Folks ``Get Happy'': Mainstream America Discovers the Black Gospel Tradition

164

(15)

Virginia Lieson Brereton

HYMNS AS GOOD (OR BAD?) THEOLOGY

Singing about Death in American Protestant Hymnody

179

(26)

Jeffrey VanderWilt

Stories and Syllogisms: Protestant Hymns, Narrative Theology, and Heresy

205

(29)

Susan Wise Bauer

``Some Poor Sailor, Tempest Tossed'': Nautical Rescue Themes in Evangelical Hymnody

234

(17)

Richard J. Mouw

Appendix I: American Protestant Hymns Project: A Ranked List of Most Frequently Printed Hymns, 1737-1960 (The Marini List)

251

(14)

Appendix II: ``Hymns Recommended for Ecumenical Use'' in Catholic Hymnbooks

265

(4)

Appendix III: Hymns in Roman Catholic Hymnals

269

(4)

Index of Names and Subjects

273

(8)

Index of Hymn (and Song) Titles

281

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