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A History of Contemporary Praise & Worship Understanding the Ideas That Reshaped the Protestant Church Lester Ruth and Lim Swee Hong Christianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist (History & Biography) Lester Ruth and Lim Swee Hong provide the first comprehensive history of Contemporary Praise & Worship, offering insight into where this phenomenon began and how it reshaped the church. “[A] sweeping account of Protestant praise and worship music since the 1940s.” —MATT REYNOLDS, Christianity Today “This book is a remarkable achievement. It will remain the stan - dard work of reference on evangelical and Pentecostal worship for years to come.” —MELANIE C. ROSS, Yale Divinity School “This book needs to be in every church leader’s library and is a must-read for everyone who desires to be grounded in our heritage of praise and worship!” —HOWARD RACHINSKI, founder, Christian Copyright Licensing International, Inc. “A landmark volume. With remarkable breadth and analytical depth, this book provides the most comprehensive account to date of the liturgical forms that reshaped the landscape of Christian worship during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It will become required reading for courses in liturgy and worship, church history, and church music.” —MONIQUE M. INGALLS, Center for Christian Music Studies, Baylor University “Ruth and Lim have meticulously studied original sources and interviewed primary actors, documenting the complexity and the significance of two main root systems of Contemporary Praise & Worship. We gain nothing short of a history of the modern church in North America told through the lens of one of the church’s most critical callings: to worship Jesus.” —GLENN PACKIAM, author of Worship and the World to Come “Ruth and Lim provide a thorough accounting of how we got where we are, paying particular attention to the theological, biblical, and cultural ideas that drove the changes in church worship. The authors have carefully documented the journey from organs and hymnals to guitars and video screens. This book is essential read - ing for anyone wondering about that journey, or the journey that lies ahead.” —GEOFF DRESSER, Faith Today “Offers scholars and practitioners alike a much-needed history of both contemporary worship and praise and worship music.” —ANNELI LOEPP THIESSEN, Homiletic
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Lester Ruth (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is research professor of Christian worship at Duke Divinity School. He is a historian of Christian worship with a particular interest in the history of Con- temporary Praise & Worship. Lim Swee Hong (PhD, Drew University) is Deer Park Associate Pro- fessor of Sacred Music at Emmanuel College of Victoria University, University of Toronto. He has taught in the United States, Canada, and in his native Singapore and often leads global seminars and conferences dealing with worship and sacred music.
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