Discusses the role of music in the Christian worship service, assesses the current state of church music, and offers advice on making the church's music more meaningful

The Church Musician

Arts & Photography

Westermeyer, Paul

Music

Harpercollins

A concise introductory text, Te Deum provides a basic framework for understanding within history the development of the vast treasury of psalms, hymns, canticles, spiritual songs, and other sacred music within the Christian tradition. This is the first text which addresses the nature of church music from both a historical and theological context.

Te Deum: The Church and Music

AUGSBURG FORTRESS

Book by Westermeyer, Paul, Bosch, Paul, Sawicki, Marianne

What Is "Contemporary" Worship (Open Questions in Worship)

Religion & Spirituality

Sawicki, Marianne

Bosch, Paul

Christian Books & Bibles

Augsburg Fortress Pub

This resource, originally published in 1988, has become a basic text in the study of church music, as well as serving as a handbook for church music leaders, pastors, music committee members, and others. Westermeyer has updated and expanded the volume to reflect the current challenges of contemporary culture, musical and worship styles, and integrity to the gospel. More than a "how-to" manual for musicians, this book is an interdisciplinary study of worship, music, and theology accessible to everyone.

Church Musician

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

AUGSBURG FORTRESS* PUBLISHERS

Hymnal Companion To Evangelical Lutheran Worship

Hymnal Companion to Evangelical Lutheran Worship

Justice has been an urgent concern of twentieth-century hymn writers, but are they the first to place such an emphasis on it? In Let Justice Sing, Paul Westermeyer offers an answer with the hope that it will stimulate dialogue, future studies, and an understanding of the past that can be applied to the present.Let Justice Sing explores the content, context, and importance of justice within the warp and woof" of hymnody. By analyzing these aspects and past hymnic repertoires, it suggests to the Church and others who wish to join the moral deliberation it presumes, that not only have Christians always sung about justice, but the message transcends the messengers.The perspective and dialogue fostered by Let Justice Sing is directed to students in college or seminary courses where hymnody, Church music, or ethics is the topic; adults in forums or classes where questions about music and justice arise; and anyone with an interest in hymnody, justice, or the relationship between the two.Chapters are "Content: The Twentieth Century": "Content: Before the Twentieth Century, I"; "Content: Before the Twentieth Century, II"; "Context"; and "Hymnody and Justice."Paul Westermeyer, PhD, is Professor of Church Music at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. He teaches, directs music, and administers a master of sacred music degree program with St. Olaf College. His writing includes numerous articles and books."

Let Justice Sing: Hymnody and Justice (American Essays in Liturgy)

Liturgical Press

Let the People Sing: Hymn Tunes in Perspectiveby Paul WestermeyerPaul Westermeyer's new book, Let the People Sing: Hymn Tunes in Perspective, is a comprehensive study of the hymn tune, its history, and its effect on Christian congregations everywhere. The hymn tune, though seemingly simple and unimportant in the scheme of things, symbolizes far more in a Christian's life than they realize; hymn tunes touch our hearts and accompany some of our most important life moments. While Let the People Sing gives detailed information about hymn tunes and their origins, its main emphasis lies with the assembly and its ability to sing and fully experience the depth and breadth of congregational song.

Let the People Sing: Hymn Tunes in Perspective

GIA Publications

Many think of the United States Marine Corps as a second land army, and while it has been employed in that capacity, it is foremost a naval expeditionary force able to seize, secure, and defend advanced naval bases in support of major campaigns. The Corps dates back to the Revolutionary War, but while they served in the conflicts of the 19th century, they are famed for their part in the wars of the 20th century. On the Western Front in World War I they were blooded at Belleau Wood. Between the wars the Corps developed amphibious tactics which were employed to great effect during the Pacific island campaigns during World War II including the infamous battles of Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The names of the Corps is forever entwined with the battles of Inchon and Chosin Reservoir in Korea, and Hue and Khe Sanh in Vietnam. The US Marines have continued their expeditionary role to this day, undertaking not only combat operations but also peacekeeping, peace enforcement, humanitarian relief, and short-notification/limited-duration contingency operations. This concise history charts the evolution of the Corps as it has adapted to changing combat over two centuries.

The United States Marine Corps: The Expeditionary Force at War (Casemate Short History)

History

Americas

Casemate

A Large Catechism: Understanding Church Music in the Lutheran Tradition

Schalk, Carl F.

World

Lutheran University Press

In late 2009, President Barack H. Obama determined that the situation in Afghanistan required a surge of troop reinforcements. For the U.S. Marine Corps, this meant that the Marine involvement in that theater of the Global War on Terrorism would continue to intensify. A Marine expeditionary brigade was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009, where the troop surge and increased Marine presence led to the Marines taking control of security operations for Helmand and Nimroz Provinces in 2010. The Corps’ insistence on autonomy within its provinces led to the nickname “Marineistan.”The Marine Corps’ initially sporadic participation in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) wascovered in an earlier volume of this series, U.S. Marines in Afghanistan, 2001–2009: Anthology and Annotated Bibliography. This new volume in the series covers Marine operations in Afghanistan from the surge in 2010 to the end of the drawdown in 2014. During the majority of the period covered in this volume, two Marines were the senior American commanders in Afghanistan. General John R. Allen commanded the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. Forces Afghanistan from 18 July 2011 to 10 February 2013. He was succeeded by General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. On 26 August 2014, Dunford was followed by U.S. Army General John F. Campbell.The Marine Corps approached its increased role in Afghanistan with enthusiasm, employing theCorps’ traditional expertise in counterinsurgency (COIN) warfare acquired through the Banana Warsand the Vietnam War as well as lessons learned more recently in Iraq during the al-Anbar Awakening.Additionally, the recently created U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC)fully participated in U.S. Special Operations Command’s Afghanistan missions during this period.In 2010, Marines launched Operation Moshtarak in Helmand Province in an effort to clear the Talibanout of the central part of the province. Combat operations intensified during this period, especiallyin the Marjah District of Helmand Province, as the Marine Corps pressured the Taliban. At thesame time, Marines aided in the intensified training that prepared Afghanistan’s military and policeforces to take over security of their nation.Throughout 2011 and 2012, Marine units rotated into Afghanistan and continued to conduct raidsand patrols throughout the Marineistan provinces, suppressing the poppy harvest and eliminating Taliban caches and sanctuaries. However, in late 2012, the Taliban launched a successful raid on Camp Bastion, an airfield and logistics base northwest of Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, destroying six McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier IIs and badly damaging two others from Marine Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211). Marine aviation personnel fought back as infantry, a role Marines of this squadron last performed on Wake Island during World War II. In the four-hour firefight, all 15 of the attacking Taliban were killed or captured, but Lieutenant Colonel Christopher K. Raible and Sergeant Bradley W. Atwell were killed.Marines continued COIN and training operations throughout 2013 and 2014, turning over responsibility for security operations to Afghani forces district by district. In May 2014, President Obama declared U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan would end in December of that same year. In October 2014, Marines handed Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province over to Afghan forces, and in December, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United States “ended” combat operations in Afghanistan.Unfortunately, this act proved premature. Since 2014, the insurgency in Afghanistan has increased,and the U.S. Army has redeployed major units there. Marines remained in Afghanistan serving in joint operations billets in the training mission. The war in Afghanistan has yet to reach a clean conclusion.

U.S. Marines in Afghanistan, 2010-2014: Anthology and Annotated Bibliography

Military

St. John's Press

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