Description: Reimaging Howard Thurman’s Use of Negro Spirituals in Worship Howard Washington Thurman (1899-1981) was of the world’s most renowned and acclaimed authors, philosophers, theologians, educators, and civil rights leaders. As a prominent religious figure, he...
Creature Canticles: or, Where Have All the Animals Gone? Throughout the Bible, the whole creation is called to join in praise of God: from wild animals and cattle, to creeping things and flying birds (Psalm 148:10). However, hymn texts from the Western Christian tradition contain…
The 2021 Northcutt Lecture featuring Dr. David Music was presented virtually on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Over his forty-year academic career, Dr. Music has become widely known as a prolific scholar, a gifted editor, a notable hymn arranger, and a wise mentor.
Constance Cherry is Professor of Christian Worship and Pastoral Ministry at Indiana Wesleyan University. She is a published author, composer, and hymnist. Her areas of expertise…
Dr. Witvliet is director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship at Calvin College and Calvin Theological Seminary. His areas of interest include the history of Christian worship, worship practices in various denominations, biblical and systematic theology of …
Lester Ruth is a historian of Christian worship with particular interests in the early church and the last 250 years, especially the history of contemporary worship. He is passionate about enriching the worship life of current congregations, regardless of style…
Ruth Duck is professor of worship at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, where she has been on the faculty since 1989. Hymnals in several countries and…
Baylor University Center for Christian Music Studies 2014 Northcutt lecture by Carl Shalk.
Dr. Brian Wren is Emeritus Professor of Worship, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. He is a writer, preacher, worship and workshop leader, and…
Dr. I-to Loh is Adjunct Professor of Worship, Church Music, and Ethnomusicology at Tainan Theological College and Seminary, Taiwan Theological College and Seminary…
The Reverend Dr. Carl P. Daw, Jr., is an Episcopal priest and writer who served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada from…
Emily R. Brink is Senior Research Fellow of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and editor emeritus of…
Dr. Saliers recently retired from Emory University’s Chandler School of Theology as the William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Theology and Worship…