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Justice in Methodist Hymnody

Michael J. A. Long

Michael J. A. Long

Mike Long and Roger Walton worked on the Walking with Micah Project which produced the report, A Justice-seeking Church, for the British Methodist Conference, 2023. Rev Dr Roger Walton, a past President of the Conference, is a supernumerary living in Derbyshire, UK. Rev Dr Mike Long is the Superintendent of the Forest and Newham CircuitsLondon
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Roger L. Walton

Roger L. Walton

Mike Long and Roger Walton worked on the Walking with Micah Project which produced the report, A Justice-seeking Church, for the British Methodist Conference, 2023. Rev Dr Roger Walton, a past President of the Conference, is a supernumerary living in Derbyshire, UK. Rev Dr Mike Long is the Superintendent of the Forest and Newham CircuitsLondon
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Apr 30, 2025
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Published Online: Apr 30, 2025
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/holiness-2025-00004
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The Report to the 2023 British Methodist Conference, A justice-seeking Church1, contains a short section on ‘justice and Methodist hymns’. This article explores in more detail how the word justice is used and understood over time and argues that the notion of social justice as we currently understand it only entered our hymnody in the twentieth century. We outline reasons for this, offer some reflections on justice in Methodist hymns and suggest that we need to continue to create hymns that feed a justice-seeking church.

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Theology and Religion, General Topics and Biblical Reception, Practical Theology, History and Theory of Practical Theology, Christian Life, Denominational Studies, Ecumenism, World Christianity
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