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Erik Routley

Short Name: Erik Routley
Full Name: Routley, Erik, 1917-1982
Birth Year: 1917
Death Year: 1982

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Erik Reginald Routley (/ˈraʊtli/; 31 October 1917, Brighton, UK – 8 October 1982, Nashville TN) was an English Congregational churchman, theologian and musician and arguably the most significant hymnologist of the 20th century. His nearly 40 books on theological thought and music of the Christian church are renowned. Raised in Brighton in a Congregational family, he spent his formative years at Lancing College in West Sussex. In 1936 he received an exhibition to Magdalen College, Oxford and afterward ministerial training at Mansfield College, Oxford. Ordained in 1943, Routley held pastorates in Wednesbury and Dartford before returning to Mansfield in 1948 as Chaplain, Lecturer, Librarian and Director of Music. In 1953, he was named to the Mackennal Chair of History. It was during these yea
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TextsTunesHymnals
Texts by Erik Routley (26)AsAuthority LanguagesInstancessort descending
Khwaam suk yeun yong khong maa suu phuu tham chopErik Routley (Paraphraser (English))Thai1
Our Jesus is Savior, Lord and FriendErik Routley (Translator)1
[Christ is Risen, Death is Vanquished]Erik Routley (Author)English2
[Christ, the Church's Lord]Erik Routley (Author)English2
Chú Lí kau-tài góa kang-tiâ ("Light and salt" you called your friends)Erik Routley (Paraphraser (English))English, Taiwanese2
Gladly to God's holy templeErik Routley (Author)English2
[God is Love: God is Light]Erik Routley (Author)English2
[God Is Love! God Is Love!] (Routley)Erik Routley (Author)English2
God, omnipotent, eternalErik Routley (Author)English2
If I today have grieved my Savior's heartErik Routley (Author)English2
Keep in mind that Jesus ChristErik Routley (Adapter)English2
O mighty God! Creator and RedeemerErik Routley (Author)English2
PrayersErik Routley (Author)English2
Seeking water, seeking shelterEric Routley (Translator)English2
[We Have One Lord]Erik Routley (Author)English2
[God Speaks, and All Things Come to Be]Erik Routley (Author)English3
Good Spirit of God, guide of your childrenErik Routley (Translator (English))3
In praise of God meet duty and delightErik Routley, 1917-1982 (Author)English3
"Light and salt" you called your friendsErik Routley (Paraphraser)English3
Praise the Father in his holy placeErik Routley (Author)English3
Surprised by joy no song can tellErik Routley (Author)English3
The earth is the Lord's and its fullness, Its mystery, splendor, and wealth (Routley)Erik Routley (Author)English3
Happy are they who walk in God's wise waysErik Reginald Routley, 1917-82 (Paraphraser)English5
There in God's garden stands the Tree of WisdomErik Routley (1917-1982) (Author)English14
New songs of celebration renderErik Routley, 1917-1982 (Author)English27
All who love and serve your cityErik Reginald Routley 1917- (Author)English32

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