Dissenting Praise

Religious Dissent and the Hymn in England and Wales

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

The introduction of hymns and hymn-singing into public worship in the seventeenth century by dissenters from the Church of England has been described as one of the greatest contributions ever made to Christian worship. Hymns, that is metrical compositions which depart too far from the text of Scripture to be called paraphrases, have proved to be one of the most effective mediums of religious thought and feeling, second only to the Bible in terms of their influence. This comprehensive collection of essays by specialist authors provides the first full account of dissenting hymns and their impact in England and Wales, from the mid seventeenth century, when the hymn emerged out of metrical psalms as a distinct literary form, to the early twentieth century, after which the traditional hymn began to decline in importance. It covers the development of hymns in the mid seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the change in attitudes to hymns and their growing popularity in the course of the eighteenth century, and the relation of hymnody to the broader Congregational, Baptist, Methodist, and Unitarian cultures of the nineteenth and earlier twentieth centuries. The chapters cover a wide range of topics, including the style, language, and theology of hymns; their use both in private by families and in public by congregations; their editing, publication and reception, including the changing of words for doctrinal and stylistic reasons; their role in promoting evangelical Christianity; their shaping of denominational identities; and the practice of hymn-singing and the development of hymn-tunes.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-03-03
Mått:158 x 238 x 25 mm
Vikt:638 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:320
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199545247

Utforska kategorier

Religiös och sakral musik inom Kultur
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

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Isabel Rivers obtained her BA at Girton College, Cambridge and her PhD at Columbia University. A former Reader at the University of Leicester and Reader and Professor at the University of Oxford, since 2004 she has been Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature and Culture in the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London, and Co-Director of the Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies. Her main interests are in the relations between literature, religion, philosophy, and the history of the book in the long eighteenth century.David Wykes obtained his BSc at Durham and his PhD at Leicester, where he taught for many years. He has been Director of Dr Williams's Library, London, since 1998, and Co-Director of the Dr Williams's Centre for Dissenting Studies since it was established in September 2004. He is an Honorary Reader in the School of English and Drama at Queen Mary, University of London. His main interests are the history of religious dissent from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century.

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Its consistently thought-provoking and original scholarship will ensure that this volume becomes an important point of reference for future studies of the dissenting hymn, particularly in its eighteenth-century incarnations. More than that, though, it is a fine example of what a strong edited volume can do. The contributors varying approaches and viewpoints ensure a thorough coverage of the subject from several angles, while the unifying structure prevents the individual contributions from seeming isolated or unrelated. It should be heartily recommended as a valuable introduction to hymnody in all its aspects during this period.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction ; 1. Hymns, Psalms, and Controversy in the Seventeenth Century ; 2. The Hymns of Isaac Watts and the Tradition of Dissent ; 3. The Circulation and Reception of Philip Doddridge's Hymns ; 4. John Rippon and Baptist Hymnody ; 5. Finding Successors to 'the Poet of the Sanctuary': Josiah Conder in Context ; 6. W. Garrett Horder and Congregational Hymnody: An Introduction to The Hymn Lover and its Author ; 7. James Martineau and the Evolution of Unitarian Hymnody ; 8. The Music of Dissent ; 9. The Evolution of the Welsh Hymn