Title: Hymns and human life /
Authors: Routley, Erik
Publisher: W.B. Eerdmans,
Year: 1959
Subjects: Hymns History and criticism; Hymns, English History and criticism.
Contents: pt. 1. The story of hymns. How it began : the first centuries ; How it came to stay : the Middle Ages ; How it came to life : the Reformers ; War and peace : German hymnody ; Muscular Christianity : the English Puritans ; Liberation : Watts and Wesley ; Victory : the great century, 1750-1850 ; Wrath and praise : the church embodied ; Wrath and praise : the church embattled ; Interlude : the typical English hymn writer -- pt. 2. The people in the story. The cloister and the hearth : bishops, priests, and deacons ; The manse, the mission, and the presbytery : non-Anglican ministers and clergy ; Men of letters ; Distinguished visitors : scholars, men of business, and others ; Women hymn-writers ; American hymn-writers ; Youth and hymns -- pt. 3. Hymns and English life. Our national anthems ; Hymns and places ; The shame and the glory of hymnody.