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- LETTERS, Page 8Revamped Hymns
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- Your article "Singing Hymns and Hers" (RELIGION, June 12),
- which reports on the new United Methodist Hymnal and its
- rephrasing of sexist language, seems concerned that we have cast
- aside "sacred" tradition. On the contrary, the whole intent of
- the new hymnal is to include everyone in the tradition. You
- failed to mention the addition of hymns written in other
- languages, such as Spanish and those of the American Indians,
- so that entire segments of the church can sing in their native
- tongues. The new hymnal strives to include perspectives other
- than those of white Anglo-Saxon males.
-
- (The Rev.) Jenny T. Lannom Houston
-
- My hat is off to those who prepared a hymnal that adopts
- the language our children and grandchildren will be learning and
- using into the 21st century. It is symbolic of the recognition
- of human dignity and equal rights. If there is any criticism to
- be offered, it is that the new hymnal doesn't go far enough.
-
- (The Rev.) George C. Brown Bremerton, Wash.
-