| Description |
1 online resource (277 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Religion and American culture
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Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The latest scholarship on the role of hymns in American evangelicalism. 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 worshi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hymns -- North America -- History and criticism.
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Hymns. |
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North America. |
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Protestant churches -- North America -- History.
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Protestant churches. |
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History. |
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North America -- Church history.
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Church history. |
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Electronic books.
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Church history.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Blumhofer, Edith Waldvogel, editor.
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Noll, Mark A., 1946- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Singing the Lord's song in a strange land : hymnody in the history of North American Protestantism. Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, [2004] xiii, 260 pages ; 24 cm Religion and American culture 9780817313968 (DLC) 10921694 |
| ISBN |
9780817388805 (e-book) |
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081738880X (e-book) |
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0817313966 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780817313968 |
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