Description
Hymns, and the music the church sings, are tangible means of expressing worship. While worship is one of the central functions of the church (along with mission, service, education, justice, and compassion) and occupies a prime focus of our churches, a renewed sense of awareness to our theological presuppositions and cultural cues must be maintained to ensure a proper focus in worship.
Hymns and Hymnody is an introductory textbook in three volumes describing the most influential hymnists, liturgists, and musical movements of the church. This academically grounded resource evaluates both the historical and theological perspectives of the major hymnists and composers that have impacted the church over the course of twenty centuries. Volume 1 explores the early church and concludes with the Renaissance era hymnists. Volume 2 begins with the Reformation and extends to the eighteenth-century hymnists and liturgists. Volume 3 engages nineteenth century hymnists to the contemporary movements of the twenty-first century.
Each chapter contains five elements: historical background, theological perspectives communicated in their hymns/compositions, contribution to liturgy and worship, notable hymns, and bibliography. The missions of Hymns and Hymnody are to provide biographical data on influential hymn writers for students and interested laypeople, and to provide a theological analysis of what the cited composers have communicated in the theology of their hymns. It is vital for those involved in leading the worship of the church to recognize that what they communicate is in fact theology. This latter aspect is missing in accessible formats for the current literature.
Contents
Volume I: From Asia Minor to Western Europe
List of Tables
Preface
About the Editors, Introduction Contributor, and Editorial Advisory Board
Introduction to Volume 1: From Asia Minor to Western Europe / Paul Westermeyer
Part 1: First to Ninth Centuries
1. Hymns and Creedal Worship in the New Testament / Jim Samra
2. Psalms in the Early Church / Mel R. Wilhoit
3. Liturgical Patterns and Calendars / Paul Westermeyer
4. Syriac Song in the Early Centuries / Tala Jarjour
5. Latin Song in the Early Centuries / R. Scott Connell
6. Byzantine Song in the Early Centuries: From Kantakion to the Canon / Dimitrios Skrekas
7. Gregorian Chant through the Centuries / Anthony Ruff
8. Trinitarian Hymns in the East and West / Kimberly Hope Belcher
9. Insular and Carolingian Hymns / Pete Gavin Ferriby
Part 2: Tenth to Thirteen Centuries
10. Hymns, Sequences, and Tropes in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries / Susan Boynton
11. Hymns and Sequences in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries / Margot E. Fassler
12. Hymnody of the Western Religious Orders / Heather Josselyn-Cranson
13. Music and Hymnody in the Late Byzantine Period / Spiro Antonopoulos
14. Marian Hymnology in the East and West / Stephanie A. Budwey
Part 3: Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
15. Western European Vernacular Song through the Early Renaissance / Christopher Ruth
16. Pre-Reformation German Vernacular Hymnody / Anthony Ruff
17. Guillaume Du Fay / Rachel A. McNellis
18. Josquin des Prez / Christopher Ruth
19. English Liturgical Composers in the Fifteenth Century / Alexandra Buckle
20. Orthodox Song in post-Byzantine Times / Richard Barrett
Timeline for Volume 1 / Mel R. Wilhoit
For Further Reading / Mel R. Wilhoit
Contributor Biographies for Volume 1: Alphabetical Listing
Index of Scripture
Index of Names and Subjects
Index of Hymns
Volume II: From Catholic Europe to Protestant Europe
List of Tables
List of Figures
About the Editors, Introduction Contributors, and Editorial Advisory Board
Introduction to Volume 2: From Catholic Europe to Protestant Europe / Robin A. Leaver
Part 4: Sixteenth Century
1. Costanzo Festa / Christina Labriola
2. Martin Luther: Raising Up the Reformation Song / Scott A. Moore
3. Early Lutheran Hymnody (1550-1650) / Benjamin Kolodziej
4. John Calvin and the Complete French Psalter / Corneliu C. Simuț
5. English Language Metrical Psalters of the Sixteenth Century / J. Michael Morgan
6. Catholic Reformation Hymnody / Anthony Ruff
7. Tomas Luis de Victoria / Alexander Blachly
8. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Polyphonic Music as Devotional Expression / David W. Music
Part 5: Seventeenth Century
9. British Hymnists / J. Christopher Holmes
10. Richard Baxter / Trent A. Hancock
11. English Language Metrical Psalters of the Seventeenth Century / J. Michael Morgan
12. Eucharistic Hymnody among British Dissenters / Bryan D. Spinks
13. German Lutheran Hymnody (1650-1750) / Joseph Herl
Part 6: Eighteenth Century
14. Isaac Watts: Composer of Psalms and Hymns / Rochelle A. Stackhouse
15. The Wesleys: Charles and John / Erika K. R. Stalcup
16. Nikolaus von Zinzendorf and Moravian Song / Neal Campbell
17. Evangelical Anglican Hymnists / Karen B. Westerfield Tucker
18. Roman Catholic Hymnists / Jonathan Jakob Hehn
19. George Friedrich Händel: Musical Theology that Is Christological, Soteriological, and Supernatural / Michael F. Lloyd
20. Hymnody in Missionary Lands: A Decolonial Critique / Becca Whitla
Timeline for Volume 2 / Mel R. Wilhoit
Contributor Biographies for Volume 2: Alphabetical Listing
Index of Scripture
Index of Names and Subjects
Index of Hymns
Volume III: From the English West to the Global South
List of Tables
List of Figures
About the Editors, Introduction Contributors and Editorial Advisory Board
Introduction to Volume 3: From the English West to the Global South / Pedrito U. Maynard-Reid
Part 7: Nineteenth Century
1. Oxford’s Tractarian Movement / Jeremy Dibble
2. Fanny Crosby: Songs of Salvation, Consecration, Service, and Heaven / Beverly A. Howard
3. William B. Bradbury: Singing of the Love of Jesus / Joanna Pepple
4. John Bacchus Dykes: “Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord, God Almighty” / Iain Quinn
5. American Gospel Song Movement / Robert J. Morgan
6. Frances R. Havergal: Hymns of Personal Devotion / Vernon M. Whaley
Part 8: Twentieth Century
7. Standard and Emerging Idioms in Britain and the United States / E. Byron Anderson
8. Standard Idioms in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia / David Bjorlin
9. African American Sacred Music and Black Hymnody / Stephen Michael Newby, Jocelyn Russell Wallace and Vernon M. Whaley
10. Southern Gospel Music / James R. Goff, Jr
11. Roman Catholic Liturgical Renewal Movement / Michael S. Driscoll
12. Congregational Song from Ecumenical Movements / Karen B. Westerfield Tucker
13. North American Metrical Psalters / Martin Tel
Part 9: Twenty-First Century
14. Mainline Protestant and Catholic Hymnals / Kendra Buckwalter Smith
15. Hymn Society in the United States and Canada / Carl P. Daw, Jr
16. Postcolonial Congregational Song / Lim Swee Hong
17. Hymnody of the Global South, Part 1: History, Ontological Perspectives, and Dissemination / C. Michael Hawn
18. Hymnody in the Global South, Part 2: Theological Perspectives and Hymns / C. Michael Hawn
19. Contemporary Praise and Worship Music / Greg Scheer
20. Retuned Hymn Movement / Bruce H. Benedict and Lester Ruth
Timeline for Volume 3 / Mel R. Wilhoit
Contributor Biographies for Volume 3: Alphabetical Listing
Index of Scripture
Index of Names and Subjects
Index of Hymns
Endorsements and Reviews
A remarkable group of scholars provides a perceptive set of essays to orient students to the riches of Christian hymnody throughout the first twenty centuries of Christianity. What a remarkable testimony this is to the Spirit’s work in and through composers and poets throughout the centuries.
John D. Witvliet, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary
These volumes, not for the faint-hearted, provide a scholarly survery of all the hymnological history most of us will ever need.
Christopher Idle, The Global Anglican, summer 2021
Knowledge of the history and theology of hymns enhances and enables liturgy and worship, and Hymns and Hymnody certainly provides a gateway to that knowledge. (…) the three volumes of Hymns and Hymnody are highly recommended for their breadth and comprehensive wealth of information. Mary Winifred,in Anglican & Episcopal History, June 2023
