‘Really they are not able’: ‘Mending’ Charles Wesley’s hymns

Author: 
Paul Ellingworth

The author critically examines changes that have been made to these hymns, not in earlier times which  Charles Wesley was so exercised about, but in modern hymn books in use. He then categories the kinds of change that have been made: punctuation, changes in English usage, the matter of inclusive language, changing attitudes (for example, as to what constitutes racism).

Reference: 
Volume 52 2017, p13-21
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Paul Ellingworth is a member of the Methodist Church in Aberdeen and has been an Honorary Lecturer on New Testament in the University of Aberdeen. He was formerly translation consultant for the United Bible Societies and has written several books and articles on Biblical and translation topics.