Dictionary of Hymnology
Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.
Dank, Dank, sey dir für dein Erbarmen
Hymnology
A publication and structural history of the German Post-Communion hymn attributed to Christoph Christian Stur…
Ecking, Samuel Ecking
Hymnology
A biographical note on the brief life and literary contributions of the eighteenth-century Baptist hymnwriter…
Father, Son, and Spirit, hear
Hymnology
A publication and structural history of Charles Wesley’s expansive six-part poem on the Communion of Saints, …
I give immortal praise
Hymnology
A publication, structural, and textual history of Isaac Watts's famous trinitarian doxology, charting its shi…
I was a wandering sheep
Hymnology
A publication and structural history of Dr. Horatius Bonar's popular evangelistic hymn based on 1 Peter 2:25,…
Jerusalem, thy joys divine
Hymnology
A publication and textual history of the seventeenth-century poem on the Heavenly Jerusalem, tracking its rec…
John Quincy, Adam
History
Biographical entry for John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), sixth President of the United States, diplomat, Unitari…
Joseph Addison Alexander
History
Overview of American biblical scholar and Princeton professor Joseph Addison Alexander, author of the solemn …
Kolbe, Frederick William
Hymnology
A biographical profile of Rhenish and London Missionary Society missionary Frederick William Kolbe, highlight…
Latin Hymnody
Hymnology
An historical survey of the development of early Western church song, exploring ancient definitions, scriptur…
Marion Paul Aird
History
Biographical summary of Scottish devotional writer Marion Paul Aird, author of Home of the Heart and the hymn…
Mark, shining light of Egypt
History
An overview of three Greek homoia from the liturgical office for St. Mark's Day in the Eastern Orthodox Menae…
Nevin, Edwin Henry
Hymnologists
A biographical account of Edwin Henry Nevin, outlining his pastoral transitions across Presbyterian, Congrega…
Our eyes, great God, have seen Thy grace
Hymn
An historical overview of James Merrick's metrical paraphrase of Psalm 85, tracking its journey from eighteen…
Regnantem sempiterna per saecula susceptura
Hymnology
A publication and manuscript history of the early medieval Advent sequence 'Regnantem sempiterna per saecula …
Scottish Hymnody
History
An historical account of congregational song in Scotland from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century, …
Unitarian Hymnody
Hymnology
An extensive historical overview of English Unitarian hymnody, its doctrinal evolution from Presbyterian root…
United Methodist (Free Churches Hymnody)
Hymnology
A historical overview of the hymnody, collections, and doctrinal lineage of the United Methodist Free Churche…
Washburn, Edward Abiel
Hymnology
A biographical overview of Edward Abiel Washburn, Protestant Episcopal clergyman, theologian, and translator …
William Aldridge
History
Biographical sketch of William Aldridge, an eighteenth-century English minister in Lady Huntingdon's Connexio…