| Description |
xv, 151 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
A strange introduction -- Without warning -- W. H. Auden and the letter of July 6, 1971 -- Psalms as poetry -- The crucibles -- Auden in print -- Dear Canon Guilbert from W. H. Auden -- Psalms for the 1979 Book of Common Prayer: purpose, principles, process -- Psalms in the balance. |
| Summary |
In the nearly 40 years since the advent of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, the retranslation of the Psalter created for that book has become a standard, used not only by Episcopalians, but adopted by others into their own worship service books and liturgies. Now J. Chester Johnson, one of the two surviving members of the Committee that produced the retranslation, has agreed for the first time to calls to tell the story of this Psalter and the little-known but vital part played in it by acclaimed poet W.H. Auden, whom Johnson replaced on the committee when Auden decided to return to live in England. Despite Auden's ambivalence about changes in the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, he wrote associated articles and poems, authored many letterssome of special liturgical and spiritual significance and attended Psalter drafting committee meetings. Auden, The Psalms, and Me not only illuminates this untold part of the Episcopal Psalter story but also describes the key elements that drove the creation of this special retranslation. Audience: Scholars, poets, theologians, members of the Episcopal Church, particularly as Prayer Book revision becomes an active conversation again. |
| Subject |
Episcopal Church. Psalter.
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Episcopal Church. |
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Psalter (Episcopal Church) |
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Bible. Psalms -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. Psalms. |
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Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 -- Influence.
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Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. |
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Johnson, J. Chester.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Johnson, J. Chester, author. Auden, the Psalms, and me New York : Church Publishing, 2017 9780898699654 (DLC) 2017034282 |
| ISBN |
9780898699647 (paperback) |
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0898699649 |
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