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    40 Favorite Hymns of the Christian Faith: A Closer Look at Their Spiritual and Poetic Meaning
    40 Favorite Hymns of the Christian Faith: A Closer Look at Their Spiritual and Poetic Meaning
    40 Favorite Hymns of the Christian Faith: A Closer Look at Their Spiritual and Poetic Meaning
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    40 Favorite Hymns of the Christian Faith: A Closer Look at Their Spiritual and Poetic Meaning

    Written by Leland Ryken

    Narrated by Adam Verner

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    About this audiobook

    Every hymn begins its life as a poem-and we can give our favorite hymns fresh life by returning to their poetic roots. This anthology of several centuries' worth of great hymns invites us to experience these works as devotional poetry-to slow down and savor their well-turned phrases and evocative language. English professor Leland Ryken provides some historical background for each hymn, but his focus is on literary analysis. Combined with relevant Scripture texts, the result is a wonderfully devotional and poetic study of the Christian faith.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateMay 9, 2023
    ISBN9781545923665
    40 Favorite Hymns of the Christian Faith: A Closer Look at Their Spiritual and Poetic Meaning
    Author

    Leland Ryken

    Leland Ryken (PhD, University of Oregon) is professor of English at Wheaton College in Illinois, where he has twice received the "teacher of the year" award.

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      The author takes 40 hymn texts and studies them from a poetic standpoint. Each reading concludes with a scripture. I enjoyed this book but, although it’s formatted as a devotional, it’s too academic for me to think of it as a devotional. Still enjoyable to read and helpful to think through the richness of the older hymns which are at risk of dying out.