Liturgical

Composing music for worship in the twenty-first century is intriguing in that there are so many traditions, styles, genres and forms to draw on for inspiration. Even modern idioms (such as Contemporary Christian Music) have a history and tradition that one may study and emulate.…

In this project, a responsive reading worship resource, cast in contemporary and inclusive language, based on the historic confessions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) was developed and tested in three congregations. Readings were selected to give voice to the full range of h…

Like many contemporary intellectuals from a variety of schools of thought writing in the 1960s, Father Alexander Schmemann (1921-1983) believed "secularism" to be the "crisis" of his time. This dissertation explicates and evaluates Schmemann's understanding of secularism and his…