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Sound Theology, a Reader: Pipe Organ Power Plays among Protestants, Pulpits, Professors, and Peers

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, 2025
ISBN: 9781666717358
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Sound Theology: A Reader brings to life in English for the first-time primary, curated sources associated with the pipe organ controversy in the Netherlands during the Reformation. Chief among the entries is Gisbertus Voetius’s essay on Organ and Church Music from his magnum opus Politicae Ecclesiastica. In addition, other translations include professors, preachers, and laypeople’s voices from archival manuscripts and first-edition monographs. Together, Sound Theology’s two volumes tell a little-known but colorful and foundational story that shaped Reformed worship for centuries to come.

Dr. Engle has brought together a superb collection of Reformation-era writings for and against the use of organs in worship, expertly translated and presented for modern readers. Highly recommended!

——Karin Maag, director, H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Randall Engle explores Reformed liturgical theology through a seemingly narrow lens—that of the pipe organ. Narrow, perhaps. Deep, without a doubt. By tracing the controversy of the use of the pipe organ in Calvinist lands, Engle demonstrates how abstract theological tenets fare when exposed to ecclesial and political realities—replete with sparks and explosions! When the dust settles, readers will walk away with a more visceral and grounded conception of early Reformed liturgical theology.

——Martin Tel, director of music, Princeton Theological Seminary


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    $12.65

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