I'm such a TNG gal that the Kirk thing didn't even register until wisdomeagle commented :)
Mike said there was a woman who used to be a part of their congregation who was an artist and really disliked the idea of editing someone else's work (like changing a painting). That analogy made a lot of sense to me; I think I tend to think of hymns as part of an evolving textual tradition (cf. the Bible) and don't think of them as such static items. (In pulling up "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" tonight to provide a link, I learned that the version we sing isn't quite Wesley's original.) Though maybe this is just because I've never been very invested in hymns, since certainly I get (got?) very caught up in authorship, textual integrity, etc. re: the Bible.
I don't come down strongly on either side of the gendered language debate. I tend to favor inclusivity but not at the expense of making it really awkward. My glib (thought not un-serious)suggestion to the Clarendon Hill group was to just print both versions side by side so people can sing whatever they prefer. I'm already used to churches printing revised versions of stuff like the Doxology in the programs and having notes saying for people to sing/say whatever they feel most comfortable with.
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Date: 2006-11-28 03:48 am (UTC)Mike said there was a woman who used to be a part of their congregation who was an artist and really disliked the idea of editing someone else's work (like changing a painting). That analogy made a lot of sense to me; I think I tend to think of hymns as part of an evolving textual tradition (cf. the Bible) and don't think of them as such static items. (In pulling up "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" tonight to provide a link, I learned that the version we sing isn't quite Wesley's original.) Though maybe this is just because I've never been very invested in hymns, since certainly I get (got?) very caught up in authorship, textual integrity, etc. re: the Bible.
I don't come down strongly on either side of the gendered language debate. I tend to favor inclusivity but not at the expense of making it really awkward. My glib (thought not un-serious)suggestion to the Clarendon Hill group was to just print both versions side by side so people can sing whatever they prefer. I'm already used to churches printing revised versions of stuff like the Doxology in the programs and having notes saying for people to sing/say whatever they feel most comfortable with.