Hymns as a potential tool of theological contextualisation have never been fully explored. This study looks at this function of hymnody in relation to Mexican culture. A sample of hymnody used by evangelicals of different traditions was selected to examine its theology and to compare which kind of hymns or songs were more reliable and appropriate to communicate the evangelical faith in the Mexican context.

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The Author: Dinorah B. Méndez was born in 1962 in Durango, Mexico. She has degrees in Informatics from the Technological Institute of Durango and in Theology from the Mexican Baptist Theological Seminary. She studied for her Master of Divinity at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas and gained her doctorate from Wales through the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. She has worked as missionary in Mexico City and has been a teacher of theology and history at Mexican Baptist Seminary since 1989.

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Contents: Evangelicals in Mexico: Their Hymnody and Its Theology - The Religious Background of Mexico - Key Characteristics of Mexican Religious Context - Review of Hymnody in the Context of Christian Worship - Research to Identify Typical Hymnody - Theological and Contextual Reflection on Evangelical Hymnody - Final Conclusions.