Wonderful Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant - download pdf or read online

By Richard J. Mouw,Mark A. Noll

ISBN-10: 080282160X

ISBN-13: 9780802821607

While many evangelical congregations have moved clear of hymns and hymnals, those have been as soon as significant furnishings within the evangelical culture. This publication examines the function and value of hymns in evangelicalism, not just as part of worship yet as instruments for theological guide, as a method to identification formation, and as documents of previous non secular studies of the believing community.

Written by way of a professional church historians, Wonderful phrases of Life explores the importance of hymn-singing in lots of dimensions of yank Protestant and evangelical lifestyles. The publication focuses in most cases on church existence within the usa but in addition discusses the foundational contributions of Isaac Watts and different British hymn writers, using gospel songs in English Canada, and the strong appeal of African-American gospel song for whites of a number of non secular persuasions. comprises appendixes at the American Protestant Hymn venture and on hymns in Roman Catholic hymnals.

Contributors:
Susan clever Bauer
Thomas E. Bergler
Virginia Lieson Brereton
Esther Rothenbusch Crookshank
Kevin Kee
Richard J. Mouw
Mark A. Noll
Felicia Piscitelli
Robert A. Schneider
Rochelle A. Stackhouse
Jeffrey VanderWilt

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