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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

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J. Chester Johnson was the poet on the drafting committee for the retranslation of the Psalms, the version now contained in the 1979 Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. He served in this role from 1971 until the project ended with the final publication of a newly retranslated Psalter. For this service to the Episcopal Church, Johnson received a special citation in December 1979 from the Church's Standing Liturgical Commission. He also authored the Litany of Offense and Apology in poetry and prose for the national Day of Repentance (October 4, 2008) when, with the Presiding Bishop officiating, the Episcopal Church formally apologized for its role in transatlantic slavery and related evils.

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W. H. Auden. . .served in an important but little-known role toward the end of his life: helping to retranslate the Psalter for what would become the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. Near the end of his life in 1971, Auden decided to move permanently away from New York. And so, a young poet named J. Chester Johnson was selected to take his place on the Psalter drafting committee. In Auden, The Psalms, and Me, Johnson describes that committee's work with special attention to Auden's views on the Book of Common Prayer and the Psalms views that Johnson become privy to through Auden's letters to him about Psalter revisions. Johnson's scholarly work is more than a reminiscence. His offerings include a short but intriguing history of the Book of Common Prayer (first published in 1549), some background on Auden and the literary devices he favored. . .Auden, The Psalms, and Me will now finish a story cycle, found of ancient poems, Elizabethan English, a very famous poet, and an immense struggle to reconcile time, eternity and word. --Episcopal Journal, November 2017

We send out an enthusiastic salute to the folks at Church Publishing. Just in time for the holiday gift-giving season, these folks have produced one of my own favorite finds of this publishing season: J. Chester Johnson s Auden, the Psalms, and Me. Johnson is better known as a widely published poet. In his new book, Johnson summons his own literary talents to weave an engaging story that circles around and around his central subject, touching on a host of spiritual and historical references along the way. Did you know that the world-famous poet who millions of tourists now find honored with a plaque in Westminster Abbey s Poet s Corner played a key role in the Book of Common Prayer used in Episcopal Churches on a daily basis? Auden played a brief but passionate role within the editorial team producing the current version. Other than the Bible, the Book of Common Prayer is the most commonly referenced work in the English language in terms of the phrases it introduced into our way of describing the world. Johnson has a valuable viewpoint because he also worked with the Book of Common Prayer team in that era, so he is able to tell the story in a vivid way. Johnson awakens our interest in the power of language and liturgy and that s true whatever our religious tradition may be! He charts for us a circular pilgrimage toward the mysterious intersection between human language and the sacred. Along the way, his chapters are packed with rest stops where we encounter a host of remarkable figures who similarly struggle with this mystery. --ReadTheSpirit

In the nearly 40 years since the advent of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, the re-translation 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 re-translation, has agreed for the first time 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 letters, some 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 re-translation edition from Church Publishing. Impressively informative and exceptionally well organized and presented, "Auden, The Psalms, and Me" is especially commended to the attention of scholars, poets, theologians, members of the Episcopal Church, particularly as prayer book revision becomes an active conversation again. --Midwest Book Review

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  • Publication date2017
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