Correlated Praise: The Development of the Spanish Hymnal

Statisticians predict that by 2012 native Spanish speakers will surpass native English speakers as the LDS church's largest language group. Yet with Spanish-speaking saints on the verge of becoming the church's majority language group, relatively little has been done to examine the history and culture of Spanish-speaking saints or their place in church administration. The story of the Spanish hymnal's development casts light not only on the relationship of Spanish- speaking saints to the current church administration, but also on the relationship between English-speaking saints and every other language group in the church. Here, Duffy and Olaiz offer a detailed discussion of the development of the Spanish hymnal.