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Preface | |
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Prelude: Patristic Testimonies | |
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The Psalms and the Basic Grammar of Christian Worship | |
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Personal Address and Dialogic Structure | |
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Identifying God's Character through Metaphor and Historical Recitation | |
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The Ebb, Flow, and Fittingness of Praise and Petition, Gratitude and Lament | |
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Individual and Communal Speech | |
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Specificity and Generality in Prayer | |
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Emotional Engagement and Range | |
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Image and Poetry in Christian Speech | |
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Interlude: Reformation-Era Testimonies from Luther and Calvin | |
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Praying the Psalms in Christian Worship | |
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Choosing a Psalm | |
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Liturgical Criteria | |
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Homiletical Criteria | |
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Pastoral Criteria | |
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Choosing a Translation | |
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Translations and Paraphrases of the Psalms | |
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The Liturgical Placement of a Psalm | |
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Framing the Congregation's Mode of Engagement | |
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Psalm Types | |
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Contemplation or Prayer | |
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Christological Framings of Psalm Texts | |
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The Psalms in New Testament Context | |
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Studying the Psalm | |
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Pace | |
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Structure | |
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Script | |
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Poetic Lines | |
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Parallelism | |
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Realizing the Psalms: Options for Singing or Speaking | |
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Solo Reading | |
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Choral Reading | |
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Responsive or Antiphonal Readings | |
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Chant | |
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Psalm Tones and Pointed Text | |
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Anglican Chant | |
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Gelineau Psalmody | |
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Plainchant | |
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Responsorial Psalmody (or Psalmody with Congregational Refrains or Antiphons) | |
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Metrical Psalmody | |
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Psalm-Based Solo and Choral Anthems, Organ and Instrumental Music | |
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The Psalms in Contemporary and Emerging Worship, Psalm-Based Scripture Songs, and the Psalms in Popular Music Idioms | |
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Basis for Improvised Prayer | |
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Visual Imagery, Children's Books, Calligraphy | |
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Composite Collections of Psalmody | |
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Children and Youth in Intergenerational Worship | |
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Selecting from among These Methods | |
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Finding Sources | |
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Pastoral Postscript | |
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Postlude Modern Testimonies | |
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A Brief Set of Exercises for Classroom Use | |
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Some Creative Thinking about Worship Renewal | |
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General Bibliography | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Permissions | |
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Index of Names | |
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Index of Subjects | |
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Index of Psalms | |