Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land : Hymnody in the History of North American Protestantism
Edith L. Blumhofer, Katherine McGinn, Mark A. Noll, Daniel Ramirez, Daniel Fuller, Christopher Armstrong, Scott E. Erickson, Philip Goff, Stephen Marini, Darryl Hart
Music and song are important parts of worship, and hymns have long played a central role in Protestant cultural history. This book explores the ways in which Protestants have used and continue to use hymns to clarify their identity and define their relationship with America and to Christianity. Representing seven groups - Baptists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Mennonites, Holiness, Hispanics, and Evangelicals - the nine essays reveal how hymns have helped immigrants to establish new identities, contributed to the body of worship resources, and sustained ethnic identity. 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 Scottish immigrants.
Year:
2004
Edition:
1
Publisher:
University of Alabama Press
Language:
english
Pages:
277
ISBN 10:
081738880X
ISBN 13:
9780817388805
Series:
Religion and American Culture Ser.
File:
PDF, 2.35 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2004