To Express the Ineffable: The Hymns and Spirituality of Anne Steele: 40 (Studies in Evangelical History and Thought) - Softcover

Aalders, Cynthia Y.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1606086006 ISBN 13: 9781606086001

Verlag: Wipf and Stock, 2009

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Reseña del editor:

Anne Steele (1717-1778) was one of the most well-known and best-loved hymn-writers of the eighteenth century, and her hymns remained exceedingly popular until late in the nineteenth century, being reprinted regularly in hymnbooks throughout Britain and North America. She was the first major woman hymn-writer as well as the most popular Baptist hymn-writer in the history of the church. Despite this, she has been largely neglected as a subject of academic enquiry until now. This book aims to elucidate Steele's spirituality and to clarify her unique contribution to eighteenth-century hymnody. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, setting Steele's devotional expression in its theological, literary, and historical contexts, and providing comparison to other eighteenth-century figures. It uses archival sources to reconstruct her life and work, offers a close reading of her verse, and concludes that Steele made a significant and as yet underrated contribution to eighteenth-century devotional expression.

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D. Bruce Hindmarsh is James M. Houston Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology, Regent College, Vancouver.

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• Verlag: Wipf and Stock
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1606086006
• ISBN 13: 9781606086001
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 234