American Methodist Worship

American Methodist Worship
Author: Karen B. Westerfield Tucker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2011-04-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0190454202

"American Methodist Worship is the most comprehensive history of worship among John Wesley's various American spiritual descendents that has ever been written. It will be a foundational book for anyone who wishes to understand how American Methodists have worshipped."-Sacramental Life "This groundbreaking study will help to reshape the way that we think about early American Methodist worship and how it connects to more recent trends."-- The Journal of Religion "Karen Westerfield Tucker's exhaustive examination of the history of American Methodist worship may indeed launch a new genre in liturgical historiography: denominational liturgical histories. The genius of this contribution is its comprehensiveness in examining for the first time the worship life of an American ecclesiological tradition."--Doxology

The English Hymn

The English Hymn
Author: Louis FitzGerald Benson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 634
Release: 1915
Genre: Hymns, English
ISBN:

Black Hymnody

Black Hymnody
Author: Jon Michael Spencer
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1992
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780870497605

Sing Them Over Again to Me

Sing Them Over Again to Me
Author: Mark A. Noll
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2006-04-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0817352929

Hymns and hymnbooks as American historical and cultural icons. This work is a study of the importance of Protestant hymns in defining America and American religion. It explores the underappreciated influence of hymns in shaping many spheres of personal and corporate life as well as the value of hymns for studying religious life. Distinguishing features of this volume are studies of the most popular hymns (“Amazing Grace,” “O, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing,” “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”), with attention to the ability of such hymns to reveal, as they are altered and adapted, shifts in American popular religion. The book also focuses attention on the role hymns play in changing attitudes about race, class, gender, economic life, politics, and society.