Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land
2014·277 pages
A scholarly exploration of hymnody in North American Protestantism, examining its cultural and religious significance.
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A scholarly exploration of hymnody in North American Protestantism, examining its cultural and religious significance.
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Individual essays address the music of the Old-Fashioned Revival Hour, America’s longest running and most successful independent radio program; singing among Swedish evangelicals in America; the German hymn tradition as transformed by Mennonite immigrants; the ways hymnody reinforces themes of the Wesleyan holiness movement; the history of Mercer’s Cluster (1810), a southern hymnal that gave voice to slaves, women, and native Americans; and the Presbyterian hymnal tradition in Canada formed by S...
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will contain mild spoilers
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Central focus on Protestant hymnody, religious identity, and Christian themes.
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Minor discussion of cultural and social issues tied to religious history.
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Brief mentions of historical suffering, including slavery in hymn context.
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