Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Web Highlighter

May 30, 2008

What's New Online at CICW?
Resources: Hymnary website
Stories: Middle Eastern Eyes
Publications: Disciples: Worship
Resources: Philosophy and Liturgy
Blog: Latest Posts

We're excited to announce the initial release of the Hymnary, a comprehensive website about hymns in worship, co-sponsored and developed by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. We hope this resource will enrich the worship life of worshiping communities around the world.

Resources

New Hymnary website

This new website, jointly sponsored by the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, which developed and hosts it, is one of the most comprehensive resources for hymns anywhere on the Web. With information on over 14,000 hymns, including 3,000 with the complete text of the hymn, this website will be an indispensable resource for worship planners. Search the site by title, tune, hymnal, scripture, subject, composer, and more. This site will continue to be enhanced over the coming months, but you can start using it now for your planning, study, and reflection.

www.hymnary.org

Stories

Vital Worship
Feature stories...for inspiration, reflection, and group discussion

Kenneth Bailey on Jesus through Middle Eastern Eyes

Compact homes open onto narrow streets in traditional Middle Eastern villages.

In his most recent book, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels, Kenneth Bailey compares Western interpretations of key texts, such as the Christmas story, to a diamond that needs cleaning to restore its original brilliance.

Bailey is fluent in Arabic and an expert on New Testament cultural and literary forms. He researches ancient, medieval, and modern commentaries and translations in Semitic languages—Syriac, Aramaic, and Hebrew. These languages are closer to Jesus' world than the Greek and Latin cultures that shaped Western thought.

Publications

Disciples Year 2: Worship (Faith Alive Christian Resources)

Disciples is a multiyear faith formation program for adults that combines group studies, daily devotions, and complete worship plans. This new volume is an intermediate-level study that explores some of the spiritual practices of disciples: prayer, reading the Bible, worship, living in community, and overcoming sin.

Learn more.

www.calvin.edu/worship/pub/disciples_worship.php

Resources

Philosophy and Liturgy Conference

This conference, held last week at Calvin College, brought together leading scholars in philosophy and theology to investigate key themes in worship with the tools of philosophy, with the ultimate goal of informing worship practices. Listen to audio of presentations and view pictures from this conference.

www.calvin.edu/worship/phil

Blog

Recent Posts at our Blog

- Blog posts from Philosophy and Liturgy conference
- Workshop and Worship at Open Table of Christ
- Ministering to returning soldiers: an urgent but underappreciated need

More posts

www.calvin.edu/worship/blog

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