Isaac Watts


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The Poetic Wonder of Isaac Watts


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In an age of simplistic and repetitive worship songs, the church must not forget Isaac Watts, the Father of English Hymnody. In this profile of the great hymn writer, Douglas Bond writes that Watts life and words can enrich the lives and worship of Christians today.










Horae Lyricae


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Emily Dickinson and Hymn Culture


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Bringing to bear the hymnody of Dickinson's female forbears and contemporaries and the Dissenting ideology found in Isaac Watts's hymns, this study offers a critical intervention in Dickinson's use of the hymn form. Dickinson's use of bee imagery and the re-visioned notions of religious design in her 'alternative hymns' show her engaging with a community of hymn writers in ways that anticipate the ideas of feminist theologians.




Isaac Watts Remembered


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The name Isaac Watts is known the world over and this book will enable readers to sing his hymns with greater appreciation.