Liturgical resources, liturgical musicology, hymnody, hymnology

Christian, in another thread you wrote:
Christian Locatell said:I've been looking for more liturgical resources to add to Logos' Reformed products.
Well, I happen to have a whole couple of shelves of liturgical and hymnological resources, because I plan the worship services in my church quite frequently. We draw from many different traditions, so my resources are not necessarily Reformed (my background) or even Anabaptist/Mennonite (my current church affiliation). But since you seem to have a particular interest in this category of resource, I thought I'd share with you what I've got that isn't in Logos yet and that I'd love to have digitally:
Books to aid in planning worship, liturgy, hymn selection:
- E. Byron Anderson, ed., Worship Matters, Volume I: A United Methodist Guide to Ways to Worship (Discipleship Resources)
- E. Byron Anderson, ed., Worship Matters, Volume II: A United Methodist Guide to Worship Work (Discipleship Resources)
- Lavon Bayler, Taught by Love: Worship Resources for Year A (The Pilgrim Press)
- Lavon Bayler, Led by Love: Worship Resources for Year B (The Pilgrim Press)
- Lavon Bayler, Gathered by Love: Worship Resources for Year C (The Pilgrim Press)
- Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove & Enuma Okoro, Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals (Zondervan)
- Phyllis Cole & Everett Tilson, Litanies and Other Prayers for the Revised Common Lectionary - Year A, Year B, and Year C (Abingdon Press)
- Consultation on Common Texts, Revised Common Lectionary Prayers (Fortress Press)
- John M. Drescher, Invocations and Benedictions for the Revised Common Lectionary (Abingdon Press)
- Ruth C. Duck, Bread for the Journey: Resources for Worship (The Pilgrim Press)
- Hoyt L. Hickman, et al., The New Handbook of the Christian Year: Based on the Revised Common Lectionary (Abingdon Press)
- David Hostetter, Prayers for the Seasons of God's People: Worship Aids for the Revised Common Lectionary - Year A, Year B, Year C (Abingdon Press)
- Hughes Oliphant Old, Leading in Prayer: A Workbook for Ministers (Eerdmans)
Books about worship, liturgy, and hymnology:
- Cynthia Y. Aalders, To Express the Ineffable: The Hymns and Spirituality of Anne Steele (Paternoster)
- Simon Chan, Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community (IVP Academic)
- Richard R. Gaillardetz, Transforming Our Days: Spirituality, Community and Liturgy in a Technological Culture (Crossroad)
- Jeffrey P. Greenman & George R. Sumner, Unwearied Praises: Exploring Christian Faith Through Classic Hymns (Clements Publishing)
- Andrew E. Hill, Enter His Courts with Praise! Old Testament Worship for the New Testament Church (Baker)
- Elsie Houghton, Classic Christian Hymn-Writers (CLC Ministries)
- Terry L. Johnson, ed. Leading in Worship: A Sourcebook for Presbyterian Students and Ministers Drawing Upon the Biblical and Historic Forms of the Reformed Tradition (Oak Ridge, TN: Covenant Foundation, 1996; Revised and Expanded Edition: Tolle Lege Press, 2013)
- Alan Kreider & Eleanor Kreider, Worship & Misson after Christendom (Herald Press)
- Richard J. Mouw & Mark A. Noll, Wonderful Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant History & Theology (Eerdmans)
- Kathleen Norris, The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and "Women's Work" (Paulist Press)
- Hughes Oliphant Old, Worship: Reformed According to Scripture (Westminster John Knox Press)
- William J. Reynolds, Songs of Glory: Stories of 300 Great Hymns and Gospel Songs (Zondervan)
- William Jenson Reynolds, A Survey of Christian Hymnody (Hope Publishing)
- Erik Routley, A Panorama of Christian Hymnody (GIA Publications)
- Greg Scheer, The Art of Worship, The: A Musician's Guide to Leading Modern Worship (Baker)
- Thomas Allen Seel, A Theology of Music for Worship Derived from the Book of Revelation (Scarecrow Press)
- Jane Stuart Smith & Betty Carlson, Great Christian Hymn Writers (Crossway)
- Calvin Stapert, A New Song for an Old World: Musical Thought in the Early Church (Eerdmans)
- James B. Torrance, Worship, Community, and the Triune God of Grace (Paternoster)
- Brian Wren, Praying Twice: The Music and Words of Congregational Song (Westminster John Knox Press)
- Susan J. White, Christian Worship and Technological Change (Abingdon Press)
Classic out-of-copyright works (should be in a "Classic Studies in Hymnology" collection):
- Louis F. Benson, The Hymnody of the Christian Church
- Louis F. Benson, Studies of Familiar Hymns and Studies of Familiar Hymns, Second Series
- Norman Mable, Popular Hymns and Their Writers
I'm sure we could come up with more books that should be included in such a collection (for example some of the works in this CCEL list, and in a search on Amazon.com for: classic reprints hymn; for some reason the UK Amazon gives a cleaner list of results on this search).
Comments
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Hi Rosie,
Thanks for sharing this list! I am definitely looking into some of these titles.
I was trying to send you a message on Faithlife, but couldn't figure out how. I was interested in your church situation as you said you have a reformed background but are serving in an Anabaptist/Mennonite church.
I realize it's been almost seven years now, but I would love to hear more about your context, what you guys do for liturgy in your services, and what your experience has been. I tried messaging you on Faithlife, but I think we need to be in the same group or something. If you would like, you can reach out to me by email: hild.jay@gmail.com
Blessings to you today! Enjoy our Lord.
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