Songs of Renewal: The language of renewal in the hymns of Charles Wesley
This essay discusses Charles Wesley as hymnwriter, focusing on his use of the terms ‘restore’, ‘renew’ and ‘revive’ in the Wesleys’ 1780 Collection of Hymns. Each of these core concepts is itself developed extensively in Charles’s corpus. Thus ‘restoration’ appears in terms of the restoration of the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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The journal of religious history, literature and culture
Year: 2024, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 21-42 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Wesley, Charles 1707-1788
/ Renewal (Motif)
/ Hymnology
/ Methodism (motif)
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KBF British Isles KDG Free church RD Hymnology TJ Modern history |
| Further subjects: | B
Methodism
B Theology B Revival B Charles Wesley B Hymns |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | This essay discusses Charles Wesley as hymnwriter, focusing on his use of the terms ‘restore’, ‘renew’ and ‘revive’ in the Wesleys’ 1780 Collection of Hymns. Each of these core concepts is itself developed extensively in Charles’s corpus. Thus ‘restoration’ appears in terms of the restoration of the sinner’s heart to wholeness, the reinstatement of the image of God in the believer, and the display of Christ-like love in the believer’s life. But Charles had a wider vision, of the establishment of God’s kingdom on earth, one of justice and peace. He also eagerly anticipates the New Heaven and New Earth which would be inaugurated by the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Finally, Charles’s concept of ‘revival’ places a clear responsibility upon the church, and specifically on Methodists. He urges his hearers to participate in a revival which encompasses their own behaviour, peace and justice in the wider world, and ultimately the renewal of all creation. |
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| ISSN: | 2057-4525 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religious history, literature and culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.16922/jrhlc.10.2.3 |
