Course Syllabus

1. Brian Blount & Leonora T. Tisdale (eds.), Making Room at the Table: An Invitation to Multicultural Worship (ISBN: 0664222021), Chapters 2, 4, 6, 9.
2. Thomas Long, Accompany Them with Singing: A Christian Funeral (ISBN: 9780664233196 0664233198), Chapter 8. (Available in Canvas).
3. Tex Sample, Powerful Persuasion: Multimedia Witness in Christian Worship (ISBN: 0687339014), Chapters 3, 4, 6, 7.
4. N. Graham Standish, “Why Do We Worship the Way We Have Always Worshiped When People Keep Changing?” Alban Weekly, Issue 311, July 12, 2010. http://www.alban.org/conversation.aspx?id=9140.  (Available in Canvas).
5. Susan J. White, Foundations of Christian Worship (ISBN: 664229247).
6. James White, Protestant Worship: Tradition in Transition (ISBN: 0664250378).
7. Brian Wren, Praying Twice: The Music and Words of Congregational Song (0664256708), Chapters 1, 2, 7, 10.
8. “The Lima Document on Baptism and Eucharist.” (Available in Canvas).
9. Your denomination’s worship book

Suggested Texts (All are on reserve at the library.)

1. Ruth Duck, Finding Words for Worship: A Guide for Leaders (ISBN: 0664255736).
2. Marcia McFee, The Worship Workshop: Creative Ways to Design Worship Together (ISBN: 0687046343).
3. Dorothea McEwan (ed.), Making Liturgy: Creating Rituals for Worship and Life (ISBN: 1853114405).
4. Gayle C. Felton, By Water and the Spirit (ISBN: 0881772011).
5. Hughes Old, Guides to the Reformed Tradition (ISBN: 0804232520).