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Religious music and hymnology, particularly Christian, as it pertains to worship and devotion.

Recent (2020-23) Library Books on Hymns and Music

Amazing Grace: the life of John Newton and the surprising story behind his song (2023)

A Supreme Love : the music of jazz and the hope of the gospel (2022)

Bach in the World : music, society, and representation in Bach's cantatas (2023)

Restless : popular music, the Christian story, and the quest for ontological security (2022)

Living Song : singing, spirituality, and wellbeing (2022)

Hearing the Scriptures : liturgical exegesis of the Old Testament in Byzantine Orthodox hymnography (2021)

Bach's Operas of the Soul: a listener's guide to the sacred cantatas

Music for Others: care, justice, and relational ethics in Christian music

Icons: worship and adoration

Images of the Apocalypse in African American Blues and Spirituals

Heart's ease : spirituality in the music of John Tavener

Repeat the Sounding Joy: reflections on hymns by Isaac Watts

Gems of Exquisite Beauty: how hymnody carried classical music to America

A Glad Obedience: why and what we sing

Bach Perspectives, Bach Reworked (Volume 13)

Christian punk : identity and performance

Becoming What We Sing: formation through contemporary worship music

Christian Sacred Music in the Americas

When Sunday Comes: gospel music in the soul and hip-hop eras

The Oxford handbook of early Christian ritual

Music in Martin Luther's Theology

Bach studies : liturgy, hymnology, and theology

Bach Perspectives, Volume 14: connections, patterns, and pathways (2023)

Christian Music, Hymns, etc.

Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology This link opens in a new window
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Ecumenical entries on hymns of the Judaeo-Christian tradition.

Also see our "Art & Images" LibGuide--on Music

See Hymnary.org for a national database of Hymnbooks--including Luther Sem Library's collection

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