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John Lester Ruth

John Lester Ruth

Research Professor of Christian Worship
Divinity School
lruth@div.duke.edu
90968, 059D Langford, Durham, NC 27708
90968, Duke Divinity School, 059D Langford, Durham, NC 27708-0968

Selected Publications

Leaning on the Word: Worship with Argentine Baptists, Mid-Twentieth Century

Book · November 27, 2017 Think mid-twentieth-century Baptist evangelism, and the figure that comes immediately to mind is likely Billy Graham. But far removed from the glitz and glamor of televised crusades, what did typical Baptist mission field evangelism and worship really look ... Cite

Lovin' on Jesus: A Concise History of Contemporary Worship

Book · April 18, 2017 This is an essential resource for all students, scholars, worship leaders, and pastors who are serious about understanding the worship they lead. “Meticulously researched, accessibly written, generous in its praise, and balanced in its ... ... Cite

Worshiping with the Anaheim Vineyard: The Emergence of Contemporary Worship

Book · January 3, 2017 THE CHURCH AT WORSHIP is a series of documentary case studies of specific worshiping communities from around the world and throughout Christian history—case studies that can inform and enrich worship practices today. This Church at Worship volume tells ab ... Cite

Longing for Jesus: Worship at a Black Holiness Church in Mississippi, 1895-1913

Book · August 22, 2013 A detail-rich study of the most significant African-American congregation in the South a century ago The Church at Worship is a series of documentary case studies of specific worshiping communities from around the world and throughout Christian history th ... Cite

Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail: Why Evangelicals are Attracted to the Liturgical Church - Revised Edition

Book · January 1, 2013 Why do so many evangelicals flock to liturgical traditions today? Robert Webber first explored the question in this thoughtful and engaging classic in 1989; now evangelical scholar and pastor Lester Ruth updates the conversation. Much remains of Webber s b ... Cite

Evangelicals on the Canterbury Trail: Why Evangelicals are Attracted to the Liturgical Church - Revised Edition

Book · January 1, 2013 Why do so many evangelicals flock to liturgical traditions today? Robert Webber first explored the question in this thoughtful and engaging classic in 1989; now evangelical scholar and pastor Lester Ruth updates the conversation. Much remains of Webber s b ... Cite

Writing With Awe.

Journal Article Worship Leader · 2013 Cite

Living Worship: A Multimedia Resource for Students and Leaders

Internet Publication · December 15, 2010 This unique multimedia resource offers a new way to teach and learn about planning, leading, and evaluating congregational worship. The package contains two discs: an interactive, computer-based case study (for Mac and PC, on DVD media) of eighteen months ... Link to item Cite

The Church at Worship

Book · 2010 10 congregational case studies from the history of Christian Worship ... Cite

The Transcendent Economy of Trinitarian Worship

Journal Article Asbury Hearld · 2010 Cite

A rose by any other name: attempts at classifying North American Protestant worship

Journal Article American Theological Inquiry · January 15, 2009 Featured Publication Link to item Cite

What Writers of Contemporary Worship Songs Can Learn From Charles Wesley: Reflections and Axioms.

Journal Article Proceedings of The Charles Wesley Society · 2009 Cite

Charles Wesley and the Power of Poetic Theology

Journal Article The Asbury Hearld · 2007 Cite

Overture: "The Word of the Lord".

Journal Article Homily Service · 2005 Cite

Why not "Move" Advent to November

Journal Article Reformed Worship · 2003 Cite

Urban itinerancy: "stational" liturgy in early American Methodism

Journal Article Studia liturgica · January 1, 2002 Link to item Cite

A Little Heaven Below : The Love Feast and Lord's Supper in Early American Methodism.

Journal Article Wesleyan Theological Journal · September 1, 1997 Link to item Cite

The Use of Seeker Services : Models and Questions.

Journal Article Reformed Liturgy & Music · January 1, 1996 Link to item Cite

A Reconsideration of the Frequency of the Eucharist in Early American Methodism.

Journal Article Methodist History · October 1, 1995 Featured Publication Link to item Cite