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BIRINUS

Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Paul Inwood Tune Key: a minor Incipit: 56756 75645 67561

Author: Thomas H. Troeger, b. 1945 Meter: 7.7.7.7 D Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: Source and Sov'reign, Rock and Cloud Refrain First Line: May the chruch at prayer recall Topics: Holy Name Used With Tune: BIRINUS

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How Shall We Name God?

Author: Thomas H. Troeger, b. 1945 Hymnal: Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #563 (2004) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D First Line: Source and Sov'reign, Rock and Cloud Refrain First Line: May the chruch at prayer recall Topics: Holy Name Languages: English Tune Title: BIRINUS

How Shall We Name God?

Author: Thomas H. Troeger, b. 1945 Hymnal: Gather (3rd ed.) #667 (2011) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D First Line: Source and Sov'reign, Rock and Cloud Refrain First Line: May the church at prayer recall Topics: Most Holy Trinity; God the Father/Creator; Holy Spirit; Images of God; Jesus Christ; Mystery of God; Name Of God; Petition/Prayer; Trinity Languages: English Tune Title: BIRINUS

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Thomas H. Troeger

1945 - 2022 Person Name: Thomas H. Troeger, b. 1945 Author of "How Shall We Name God?" in Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition Thomas Troeger (1945-2022), professor of Christian communication at Yale Divinity school, was a well known preacher, poet, and musician. He was a fellow of Silliman College, held a B.A. from Yale University; B.D. Colgate Rochester Divinity School; S.T. D. Dickinson College, and was awarded an honorary D.D. from Virginia Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1970 and the Episcopal Church in 1999, and remained dually aligned with both traditions. Troerger led conferences and lectures in worship and preaching throughout North America, as well as in Denmark, Holland, Australia, Japan, and Africa. He served as national chaplain to the American Guild of Organists, and for at least three years he hosted the Season of Worship broadcast for Cokesbury. He was president of the Academy of Homiletics as well as Societas Homiletica. He had, as of 2009, written 22 books in the areas of preaching, poetry, hymnody, and worship. Many of his hymn texts are found in New Hymns for the Lectionary (Oxford, 1992), and God, You Made All Things for Singing (Oxford, 2009). Laura de Jong