Rob Hewell's Select Books & Resources
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The Church, Culture, and Mission
Ministry through the Arts and Music
Allen, Ronald and Gordon Borror. Worship:
Rediscovering the Missing Jewel.
Baker, Jonny and Doug Gay, comp. Alternative
Worship: Resources from and for the Emerging Church.
Basden, Paul A., ed. Exploring
the Worship Spectrum: 6 Views.
Bateman, Herbert W. Authentic
Worship: Hearing Scripture's Voice, Applying Its Truths.
Best, Harold M. Unceasing
Worship: Biblical Perspectives on Worship and the Arts.
Black, Kathy. Culturally
Conscious Worship.
Byars, Ronald P. Christian
Worship: Glorifying and Enjoying God.
Carson, D.A., ed. Worship
By the Book.
Carson, Timothy L. Transforming
Worship.
Clark, Deborah Moore. O
Come, Let Us Bow Down and Worship: A Spiritual Guide for Leadership.
Dawn, Marva J. A
Royal “Waste” of Time: The Splendor of Worshiping God and Being Church for the
World.
Dawn, Marva J. Reaching
Out Without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for the Turn-of-the-Century
Culture.
Dawn, Marva J. How
Shall We Worship? Biblical Guidelines for the Worship Wars.
Frame, John M. Worship
in Spirit and Truth: A Refreshing Study of the Principles and Practice of
Biblical Worship.
Furr, Gary A. and Milburn Price. The
Dialogue of Worship: Creating Space for Revelation and Response.
Gaddy,
C. Welton. The
Gift of Worship.
Hoon, Paul Waitman. The
Integrity of Worship: Ecumenical and Pastoral Studies in Liturgical Theology.
Horton, Michael. A
Better Way: Rediscovering the Drama of God-Centered Worship.
Hurtado, Larry W. At
the Origins of Christian Worship: The Context and Character of Earliest
Christian Devotion.
Hustad, Donald P. True
Worship: Reclaiming the Wonder & Majesty.
Johnson, Todd E., gen. ed. The
Conviction of Things Not Seen: Worship and Ministry in the 21st
Century.
Kavanaugh, Patrick. Worship:
A Way of Life.
Kimball, Dan. Emerging
Worship: Creating Worship Gatherings for New Generations.
Lathrop, Gordon W. Holy
Things: A Liturgical Theology.
Leisch, Barry. People
in the Presence of God: Models and Direction for Worship.
Mitman, F. Russell. Worship
in the Shape of Scripture.
Morgenthaler, Sally. Worship
Evangelism: Inviting Unbelievers into the Presence of God.
Owens, Ron, and Jan Murray. Return
to Worship: A God-Centered Approach.
Peterson, David. Engaging
with God: A Biblical Theology of Worship.
Plantinga, Cornelius Jr., ed. and Sue
A. Rozeboom, ed. Discerning
the Spirits: A Guide to Thinking About Christian Worship Today.
Redman, Robb. The
Great Worship Awakening: Singing a New Song in the Postmodern Church.
Rice, Howard L. and James C.
Huffstutler. Reformed
Worship.
Saliers, Don E. Worship
and Spirituality (Second Edition).
Saliers, Don E. Worship
as Theology: Foretaste of Glory Divine.
Sample,
Segler, Franklin M., and Randall
Bradley, rev. Understanding,
Preparing for, and Practicing Christian Worship Second Edition.
Smith, Gerald B., comp. and ed. Whatever
Happened to Worship? A Call to True Worship (from the writings of A.W.
Tozer).
Snyder, James L., comp. Tozer
on Worship and Entertainment: Selected Excerpts (from the writings of
A.W. Tozer).
Underhill, Evelyn. Worship.
Wainwright, Geoffrey. Doxology:
The Praise of God in Worship, Doctrine, and Life.
Webber, Robert E. and Rodney Clapp. People
of the Truth: The Power of the Worshiping Community in the Modern World.
Webber, Robert E. Worship
is a Verb. 2nd Edition.
Weil, Lewis. A
Theology of Worship.
Witvliet, John D. Worship
Seeking Understanding: Windows Into Christian Practice.
Wright, N.T. For
All God’s Worth: True Worship and the Calling of the Church.
York, Terry. America’s
Worship Wars.
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The Church, Culture, and
Avram, Wes, ed. Anxious
About Empire: Theological Essays on the New Global Reality.
Burke, Spencer, Colleen Pepper and
Brueggemann, Walter. Finally
Comes the Poet: Daring Speech for Proclamation.
Clapp, Rodney. A
Peculiar People: The Church as Culture in a Post-Christian Society.
Cosby, Gordon. By
Grace Transformed: Christianity for a New Millennium.
Dawn, Marva J. Powers,
Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God.
Gaillardetz, Richard R. Transforming
Our Days: Spirituality, Community, and Liturgy in a Technological Culture.
Grenz, Stanley J. Created
for Community: Connecting Christian Belief with Christian Living.
Guder, Darrell L., ed. Missional
Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America.
Hall, Douglas John. The
Cross in Our Context: Jesus and the Suffering of the World.
Hauerwas, Stanley and Michael L. Budde.
“The Ekklesia Project: A School for Subversive Friendships.”
The Ekklesia Project, 2000. Pamphlet on-line. Available from
http://www.ekklesiaproject.org/pdf/Ekklesia_01
online attempt modified 12-16.pdf
Internet, accessed 27 August 2004.
Hauerwas, Stanley M. and William H.
Willimon. Resident
Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony.
Jewett, Robert, and John
Kimball, Dan A, and Hendricks, Howard,
contributors. The
Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations.
Laytham, D. Brent, ed. God
is Not Religious, Nice, “One of Us,” an American, or a Capitalist.
Leithart, Peter J. The
Kingdom and the Power: Rediscovering the Centrality of the Church.
McGrath, Alister E. The
Future of Christianity.
Murray, Stuart. Post-Christendom:
Church and Mission in a Strange New World.
Niebuhr, Richard H. Christ
and Culture.
Newbigin, Leslie.
Foolishness
to the Greeks: The Gospel and Western Culture.
Peterson,
Eugene H. and Jim
Lyster, John Sharon, Peter Santucci, eds. Subversive
Spirituality.
Peterson, Eugene H. and Marva J. Dawn. The
Unnecessary Pastor: Rediscovering the Call.
Sawyer, Mary R.
The
Church on the Margins: Living Christian Community.
Webber, Robert E. Journey
to Jesus: The Worship, Evangelism, and Nurture Mission of the Church.
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Ministry through the Arts and Music
Brand, Hillary and Adrienne Chaplin. Art
& Soul: Signposts for Christians in the Arts.
Begbie, Jeremy S. Voicing
Creation's Praise: Towards a Theology of the Arts.
Bustard, Ned, ed. It
Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God.
Dyrness, William A. Visual
Faith: Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogue.
Goens, Linda M. Praising
God Through the Lively Arts.
Jensen, Robin M. The
Substance of Things Seen: Art, Faith, and the Christian Community.
Schultze, Quentin J. High-Tech
Worship? Using Presentational Technologies Wisely.
Turner, Steve. Imagine:
A Vision for Christians in the Arts.
Westermeyer,
Paul. Te
Deum: The Church and Music.
Viladesau, Richard. Theology and the Arts: Encountering God through Music, Art and Rhetoric. New York/Mahwah, N.J.: Paulist Press, 2000.