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- Prism, A Theological Forum for the United Church of Christ, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring 2008, United Church Press. ISBN 978-0-8298-1828-4
- Routley, Erik; Paul Richardson (ed.), 2005. A Panorama of Christian Hymnody, GIA Publications, Inc. ISBN 1-57999-352-4
