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Borrowed light : hymn texts, prayers, and poems / Thomas H. Troeger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Troeger, Thomas H. (Thomas Henry), 1945-2022
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hymns, English.
- Prayer.
- Christian poetry.
- Genre:
- Hymns, English.
- Christian poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 245 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
- Summary:
- This book includes all the texts from Troeger's prior collaborations and other prayers and poems which he has written. There are 134 texts (poems, prayers, etc.) in all, grouped by images and patterns of association: Borrowed Light, Hidden Water, Wind and Flame, Melody Alone, A Spendthrift Lover, A Single Unmatched Stone, Fragmentary Prayers, and Disturbance of the Solid Ground. Endnotes and indices according to meter, theme and image, scripture, and first lines will aid clergy, church musicians, liturgists, and composers. An afterword provides further material for the creative process by exploring the literary and theological understandings that shape the texts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0193859424
- OCLC:
- 29564301
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