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Courses on Worship Taught by Lester Ruth

These courses were taught by Dr. Lester Ruth, Associate Professor of Worship and Liturgy at Asbury Theological Seminary (Wilmore campus).

Dr. Ruth is the author of A Little Heaven Below: Worship at Early Methodist Quarterly Meetings (Abingdon Press), which we list among our Top Academic Books on the History of Worship. He contributed the essay "History Takes a Hit" to the CICW publication Discerning the Spirits (pp. 32-33).

More information about Dr. Ruth is provided by Asbury's website.

Syllabi

The History of Christian Worship
Dr. Lester Ruth - Asbury Theological Seminary; Wilmore

Sacramental Theology
Dr. Lester Ruth

Time and Remembrance in Christian Worship
Dr. Lester Ruth

Essay

Can the Path Forward Start Backwards? How Having to Reinvent Pastoral Liturgy Courses Reinvigorated My Teaching
Dr. Lester Ruth