Author: Philip DoddridgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hymnals
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures
Author: Philip DoddridgePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hymnals
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A Dictionary of Hymnology
Author: John JulianA Dictionary of Hymnology, Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations ...
Author: John JulianA Dictionary of Hymnology, Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations, with Special Reference to Those Contained in the Hymn Books of English-speaking Countries ...
Author: John JulianPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hymns, English
Languages : en
Pages : 1638
Book Description
A Dictionary of Hymnology, Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations. Ed
Author: John JulianHymns Ancient and Modern for the Use in the Services of the Church with Accompanying Tunes
Author: Hymns Ancient and Modern
Author: Amazing Grace in John Newton
Author: William E. PhippsPublisher: Mercer University Press
ISBN: 9780865548688
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
In "Amazing Grace," the best-loved of all hymns, John Newton's allusions to the drama of his life tell the story of a youth who was a virtual slave in Sierra Leone before ironically becoming a slave trader himself. Liverpool, his home port, was the center of the most colossal, lucrative, and inhumane slave trade the world has ever known. A gradual spiritual awakening transformed Newton into an ardent evangelist and antislavery activist.Influenced by Methodists George Whitefield and John Wesley, Newton became prominent among those favoring a Methodist-style revival in the Church of England. This movement stressed personal conversion, simple worship, emotional enthusiasm, and social justice. While pastor of a poor flock in Olney, he and poet William Cowper produced a hymnal containing such perennial favorites as "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" and "God Moves in a Mysterious Way." Later, while serving a church in London, Newton raised British consciousness on the immorality of the slave trade. The account he gave to Parliament of the atrocities he had witnessed helped William Wilberforce obtain legislation to abolish the slave trade in England.Newton's life story convinced many who are "found" after being "lost" to sing Gospel hymns as they lobbied for civil rights legislation. His close involvement with both capitalism and evangelicalism, the main economic and religious forces of his era, provide a fascinating case study of the relationship of Christians to their social environment. In an afterword on Newtonian Christianity, Phipps explains Newton's critique of Karl Marx's thesis that religious ideals are always the effect of what produces the most profit. Phipps relies on accountsNewton gives in his ship journal, diary, letters, and sermons for this most readable scholarly narrative.
Alphabetical Arrangement of Main Entries from the Shelf List
Author: Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
A Companion to the New Harp of Columbia
Author: Marion J. HatchettPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572332034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
"The shape-note tradition first flourished in the small towns and rural areas of early America. Church-sponsored "singing schools" taught a form of musical notation in which the notes were assigned different shapes to indicate variations in pitch; this method worked well with congregants who had little knowledge of standard musical notation. Today many enthusiasts carry on the shape-note tradition, and The New Harp of Columbia (recently published in a "restored edition" by the University of Tennessee Press) is one of five shape-note singing-manuals still in use."--Jacket.