Paul Akers Richardson

Short Name: Paul Akers Richardson
Full Name: Richardson, Paul Akers, 1951-
Birth Year: 1951

Dr. Richardson's principal area of research and writing is hymnology (congregational song). Author of Singing Baptists: Studies in Baptist Hymnody in America, with Harry Eskew and David W. Music (Church Street Press, 1994); and "I Will Sing the Wondrous Story": A History of Baptist Hymnody in America, with David W. Music (Mercer University Press, 2008).

Bachelor of Music (voice performance and church music), Mars Hill College; Master of Church Music (voice performance), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Doctor of Musical Arts (church music: voice performance and musicology), Southern Baptist Theological Seminary postdoctoral studies, Colgate-Rochester Divinity School/ Bexley Hall/Crozer Theological Seminary; Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; Regents Park College, University of Oxford.

--See Samford University School of the Arts bio, 03 July 2014.

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As he gathered at his tablePaul A. Richardson (Author)English5
PrayersPaul A. Richardson (Author)English2
Sing the God of love creatingPaul A. Richardson (Author)1
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