Dissenting Praise: Religious Dissent and the Hymn in England and Wales

by David L. Wykes and Isabel Rivers

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199545243
• ISBN13: 9780199545247
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"