The sung theology of the English Particular Baptist revival: a theological analysis of Anne Steele's hymns in Rippon's hymnal
Anne Steele (1717-1778) originally wrote her hymns to be sung in the Baptist congregation pastored by her father. The foremost female contemporary of hymn-writing giants Charles Wesley, John Newton, and William Cowper, her hymns are infused with spiritual sensitivity, theological depth, and raw emot...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Eugene, Oregon
Pickwick Publications
[2021]
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Monographs in Baptist history (volume 15)
Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Monographs in Baptist history
volume 15 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Steele, Anne 1717-1778
/ Rippon, John 1751-1836
/ Particular Baptists
/ Hymn
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| IxTheo Classification: | RA Practical theology RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
Baptists
B Baptists Hymns B Baptists (England) History 18th century B Particular Baptists B England B History B Particular Baptists Hymns B Hymns |
| Summary: | Anne Steele (1717-1778) originally wrote her hymns to be sung in the Baptist congregation pastored by her father. The foremost female contemporary of hymn-writing giants Charles Wesley, John Newton, and William Cowper, her hymns are infused with spiritual sensitivity, theological depth, and raw emotion. She eventually published her hymns under the pseudonym, Theodosia, which means "God's Gift." She believed God had given her a gift to share. Steele's work was warmly received in her own day. Pastor and publishing pioneer of the modern English hymnal, John Rippon, included more than fifty of her hymns in the various topical sections of his wildly successful Selection of Hymns. Rippon's hymnal was popular on both sides of the Atlantic, but was especially influential during the nineteenth-century revival and renewal of English Particular Baptists. This book introduces Steele's hymns in the context of her life and times and of Rippon's hymnal. It illustrates that Steele's approach to hymn-writing is a model of biblical spirituality. Each hymn as printed in Rippon's hymnal, and thus sung by congregations and used as devotional literature, is considered. The sung theology of these congregations is a gift to the church universal and worth rediscovering in the twenty-first century. -- back cover |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-227) and index |
| ISBN: | 1725270846 |