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Hymns for Deer Folk
Hymns for Deer Folk is a horror novel-in-stories that welcomes you into the mysteries and myths of a small town in central Oregon. Starling has always been rooted in secrets and tales. Its citizens have been raised on stories of wish-granting witches, haunted houses, and angels with antlers. …
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A history of "Hymns ancient and modern"
When the first Edition was published in 1861, Hymns Ancient and Modern Was just one of many collections of hymns. However, it rapidly established itself as the most popular of all. The subject of this thesis is the way that the Proprietors reacted to this success by bringing out enlarged and …
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A Study of Crashaw's Paraphrases of the Liturgical Hymns
It is with something akin to the hope that stirs in the hearts of a storm-tossed crew when the comforting gleam of a lighthouse beacon pierces the gloom of ocean fog and points a confident finger to the welcome safety of the harbor that we can mark the increasing appreciation which is today being …
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The Hymns of Anne Steele in John Rippon's Selection of Hymns: A Theological Analysis in the Context of the English Particular Baptist Revival
This dissertation examines the hymns of Particular Baptist hymn-writer, Anne Steele, as found in John Rippon's hymnal, A Selection of Hymns, from the Best Authors, including a Great Number of Originals; Intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watts's Psalms and Hymns, first published in 1787. Through his …
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"Reciprocity and the Divine: A Study of the Major ""Homeric Hymns"""
… pattern of reciprocity in the major Homeric Hymns to Demeter, Aphrodite, Apollo and Hermes. I argue that the structure of the Hymns emerges out of a progression of the narrative from strife to reconciliation, and I claim that the gods are celebrated for their ability successfully to perform …
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Jesus Paid It All: Combining Rock and Hymns in Contemporary Worship Music
… (CWM) synthesizes elements of rock music and hymns. This thesis provides an analysis of four CWM songs, “Come Thou Fount,” “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us,” “Your Glory/Nothing but the Blood,” and “Jesus Paid It All,” outlining common characteristics and associations with rock music …
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Ancient Greek Hymns and Pastoral Gods: Comparative Studies in Poetics and Mythology
The first part of the thesis investigates hymns as a poetic genre in Ancient Greece. Focusing on the early attestations of the term humnos itself and on selected excerpts from Archaic hymnic poetry, the work aims at retracing the main explicit definitions of this genre from the 8th to early 4th …
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Divine childhood : a study of selected Homeric hymns in relation to ancient Greek societal practices
… with particular reference to the Homeric hymns. Included in the discussion is an overview of ancient Greek practices involving the subjects of birth, midwifery, timai, kyrioi, theft, parent-child relationships, maturation and the role of female children and women in society. In addition to …
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Engaging the Heart: Orthodoxy and Experimentalism in William Gadsby’s A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship
… still in current use, <i>A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship</i> (1814), known informally as “Gadsby&#x2019;s Hymns.” During his lifetime Gadsby was criticized both for his anachronistic high orthodoxy and for his experimentalist modernity. To the men who argued with Gadsby, the …
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Isaac Watts and the Culture of Dissent
<p>Although Isaac Watts wrote hymns in the early eighteenth century, some of his hymns, such as “Joy to the World,” “Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed?,” and “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” survive today as well-known hymns. However, little has been written about the rhetorical effects of his …
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John and Charles Wesleys' "Hymns on the Lord's Supper" (1745): Their Meaning for Methodist Ecclesial Identity and Ecumenical Dialogue
… a decades long conversation in which these 166 hymns have gained mutual recognition. There are three inter-connected areas explored: history, textual formation and the theological shape of lyrical poetry about the Lord's Supper. These three dimensions are brought to bear on the question of …
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A Dialect Analysis of Hymns and Poems to the Virgin and Christ and Other Religious Poems from Ms. Lambeth 853
… is a dialect analysis of a select group of hymns and poems to the Virgin and Christ and other religious poems from MS Lambeth 853. It thoroughly examines the phonology of the vowels in words of Old English origin found in the MS and records all these words except for most of the unstressed …
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A City Out of Old Songs: the influence of ballads, hymns and children’s songs on an Irish writer and broadcaster
… influences on the writer in the form of ballads, hymns and children’s songs in English and in Irish. The Context Statement is set in the wider cultural environment of the increasing interest in Ireland in local versions of ballads annotated by Francis Child (1825-1896). This exegesis interrogates …
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William Averitt's "Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. Matthew": An Analysis With Conducting Considerations
… to St. Matthew" combines dramatic scenes and hymns that explore the Passion setting tradition in an American context. The composer forges a unique connection with the text, early American shape note hymns, and contemporary harmonic language. A theoretical analysis describes the harmonic …
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Music in the Divine Liturgy of Slovak Lutheran worship
… and festival days included: three Introit-hymns, K ie and vernacular Kyrie-hymns, Glorias, Salutations, Antiphons based on Scripture texts, chanted Collects, chanted Epistle and Gospel Lessons, the optional use of Psalm tunes, and the Aaronic Benediction. The solemn Divine Liturgy for Holy …
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Exploring homilies and hymnody : the thematic relationship between George Whitefield's sermons and "A collection of hymns for social worship".
… examines George Whitefield's A Collection of Hymns for Social Worship and presents a thematic analysis of the hymn book's lyrical content. This research contributes to a fuller understanding of Whitefield's evangelistic mission, provides a perspective on Whitefield's views on singing and …
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Poetry and Prayer: Stotras in the Religious and Literary History of Kashmir
… South Asia by studying the history of Sanskrit hymns of praise (stotras) in Kashmir. It offers a broad introduction to the history and general features of the stotra genre, and it charts the course of these literary hymns in Kashmir from the ninth century to the present. Historically, Kashmir …
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"Now sing from the mouth and from the heart": The Spiritual Folksongs of Cyrillus Kreek
… work uses spiritual folksongs, Lutheran hymns that were adapted and elaborated by small communities in rural parts of Estonia. Kreek collected dozens of these spiritual folksongs and used them as the source material for hundreds of chorale-like arrangements. In the process, he preserved …
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