Cally Hammond is the Dean of Gonville &amp; Caius College, Cambridge. She is the author of Passionate Christianity (SPCK, 2007), Joyful Christianity (SPCK 2009) and Glorious Christianity (SPCK 2012).

Cally Hammond looks at how words function as carriers of semantic content (communicating facts and doctrines; telling stories; articulating emotions and spiritual perceptions) and then contrasts this with words as they function as physical entities striking the ear, so as to evoke emotions, memories and spiritual perceptions. This basic antithesis between words as carriers of meaning and words as evokers of feeling, emotion, and memory leads to four chapters that explore in fascinating detail the four main aspects of liturgical speech: posture, repetition, rhythm and punctuation.

An in-depth study of the music of words and their effect on those who worship.

Cally Hammond

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About the author

Gestures of the hand

Title page

Imprint

Dedication

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Posture

2. Repetition

3. Rhythm

4. Punctuation

Conclusions

Appendix: the rhythms of the Coverdale Psalter

Bibliography

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A study of the music of words in the context of worship. The basic antithesis between words as semantic carriers and words as evokers of feeling and memory leads to consideration of the effect of words on worshippers in both corporate worship and private prayer.

This book: helps readers appreciate how liturgical texts are written and understood, why some texts 'work' in worship and others don't; looks at the use and abuse of scriptural texts and versions within the liturgy; considers how sound, rhythm and the arrangement of words can help congregations to worship well together; and offers a finely balanced critique of the language, style and sentence construction in Common Worship and BCP 1662/1928, examining good and bad examples from each. The basic antithesis between words as semantic carriers and words as evokers of feeling and memory leads to consideration of the effect of words on worshippers in both corporate worship and private prayer. In doing so, the book explores four main aspects of liturgical speech: Anaphora, Rhythm, Posture and Punctuation.

Cally Hammond is the Dean of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. She previously worked in rural parishes in the diocese of Ely, and is the author of Passionate Christianity (SPCK, 2007), Joyful Christianity (SPCK, 2009) and Glorious Christianity (SPCK, 2012).

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