The Unfractured Faith of Erik Routley: From Brighton to Princeton

Erik Routley, a Reformed churchman, musician, and theologian, is the most significant hymnologist of the twentieth century. Nancy L. Graham's book Erik Routley: From Brighton to Princeton, an Unfractured Faith, reveals Routley's life through his own eyes, including anecdotes from nearly forty years of correspondence with colleagues and friends. Routley's extensive works explore the synergy between musicians and preachers in service to the Gospel, and the Dunblane Music Consultations in the 1960s were a significant part of this.

Format: Hardback
Length: 236 pages
Publication date: 17 November 2023
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Erik Routley, a renowned reformed churchman, musician, and theologian, stands as one of the most influential hymnologists of the 20th century. In her book Erik Routley: From Brighton to Princeton, an Unfractured Faith, Nancy L. Graham delves into the remarkable life of Routley, offering a firsthand account through his own eyes. A treasure trove of anecdotes spanning nearly forty years of correspondence with his colleagues and friends, Graham's work brings to life the foundations of Routley's faith, scholarship, and pastoral relationships, culminating in his untimely death in 1982. Congregation members from his churches in Edinburgh and Newcastle, former students, fellow clergy, and editorial partners fondly recall Routley's vibrant energy, wit, direct observations, and the captivating impact of his sermons and lectures. Routley's extensive works delve into the prophetic and timeless assertion that musicians and preachers are synergistic artists in service to the Gospel. An integral part of this book is the detailed description of the Dunblane Music Consultations, which ignited the hymn explosion of the 1960s. The effects of these remarkable collaborations reverberated through subsequent generations of writers and composers, laying the unsung groundwork for the current approach to hymn writing.

Weight: 544g
Dimension: 237 x 159 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781978714045