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Hymns and Hymnody: Historical and Theological Introductions, Volume 2: From Catholic Europe to Protestant Europe is unavailable, but you can change that!

Hymns and the music the church sings are tangible means of expressing worship. And while worship is one of, if not the, central functions of the church along with mission, service, education, justice, and compassion, and occupies a prime focus of our churches, a renewed sense of awareness to our theological presuppositions and cultural cues must be maintained to ensure a proper focus in worship. ...

Finally, Watts felt that not all the experiences of the Christian person, and especially contemporary Christians, were covered in the psalms, and so new words, based in Scripture but not limited to the words of Scripture, should be written to allow contemporary Christians to praise God out of their lived experiences. Watts read the psalms discerning that they were composed about very specific situations in the lives of specific people and the nation in biblical times. His theology of “imitation”
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