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Representative Bibliography

Books

The Patristic Roots of Reformed Worship. Zurich:  Theologischer Verlag Zurich, 1975. American Edition. Black Mountain, NC: Worship Press, 2004.

Worship: Reformed According to Scripture.   Atlanta:  John Knox Press, 1984. 2nd ed. Louisville:  Geneva Press, 2002.

Hughes Oliphant Old

The Shaping of the Reformed Baptismal Rite in the Sixteenth Century.  Grand Rapids:  Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1992.

Themes and Variations for a Christian Doxology.  Grand Rapids:  Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1992.

Leading in Prayer:  A Workbook for Ministers.   Grand Rapids:  Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995.

The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church. Grand Rapids:  Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998-.
            Vol. 1. The Biblical Period.  1998.
            Vol. 2. The Patristic Age. 1998.
            Vol. 3. The Medieval Church. 1999.
            Vol. 4. The Age of the Reformation. 2002.
            Vol. 5. Moderatism, Pietism, and Awakening. 2004.
            Vol. 6. The Modern Age. 2007.
            Vol. 7. Our Own Time.  Under press.

Articles and papers

“Daily Prayer in the Reformed Church of Strasbourg, 1525-1530.” Worship 52/2 (March 1978): 121-138.

“Biblical Wisdom Theology and Calvin’s Understanding of the Lord’s Supper.” In Calvin Studies VI. Edited by John H. Leith.  Papers presented at the sixth Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Davidson College. Davidson, NC:  Colloquium on Calvin Studies, 1992.

“Matthew Henry and the Puritan discipline of family prayer.” In Calvin Studies VII. Edited by John H. Leith. Papers presented at the seventh Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Davidson College. Davidson, NC:  Colloquium on Calvin Studies, 1994.  (At Calvin College and Princeton Seminary.)

 “Rescuing Spirituality from the Cloister.” Christianity Today 38 (June 20, 1994): 27-29.

“Making Clear the Beautiful:  Van Gogh and the Christian Use of Art.” Worship Leader 9 (January/February 2000): 18-22.

“Witness to Beauty: Albrecht Dürer as Christian Artist.” Worship Leader 10 (January/February 2001): 20-24.

“Rembrandt as Christian Artist in the Protestant Tradition.” Worship Leader  11 (January/February 2002): 20-22, 51.

“Why Bother with Church?:  The Church and its Worship.” Portion of a chapter.  In Essentials of Reformed Theology. Edited by William C. Placher. Louisville:  Westminster John Knox Press, 2003.

“The Covenantal Dimension of Calvin’s Eucharistic Theology.” In Calvin Studies XII. Edited by Michael Bush.  Papers given at the twelth Colloquium on Calvin Studies at Erskine College and Seminary. Due West, SC:  Erskine Theological Seminary, 2006.