{"id":6196,"date":"2022-07-01T12:12:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgewalterssleyon.com\/?page_id=6196"},"modified":"2022-07-01T12:12:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:12:04","slug":"why-we-love-the-hymns-an-african-methodist-episcopal-perspective","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/georgewalterssleyon.com\/?page_id=6196","title":{"rendered":"Why We Love the Hymns An African Methodist Episcopal Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Why We Love the Hymns An African Methodist Episcopal Perspective<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read at<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/40798967\/Why_We_Love_the_Hymns_An_African_Methodist_Episcopal_Perspective\">Why We Love the Hymns An African Methodist Episcopal Perspective<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ff8\">&#8220;The Israelites celebrated the freedom to observe the Sabbath as a benefit of their escape from Egyptian enslavement. Exodus theology and the liberation of mid-19th c. American blacks have likewise been an oft-recurring theme in the AME church\u2019s rich collection of hymns. Before the Emancipation Proclamation, Sundays represented a time and place when enslaved blacks might gather in a community less (directly) overseen by others. After 1863, hymns reflected social constraints that still made life hard. Social Gospel hymns appeared in the 1900s.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><strong>Read at<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/40798967\/Why_We_Love_the_Hymns_An_African_Methodist_Episcopal_Perspective\">Why We Love the Hymns An African Methodist Episcopal Perspective<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Why We Love the Hymns An African Methodist Episcopal Perspective Read at: Why We Love the Hymns An African Methodist Episcopal Perspective &#8220;The Israelites celebrated the freedom to observe the Sabbath as a benefit of their escape from Egyptian enslavement. Exodus theology and the liberation of mid-19th c. 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