Wonderful words of life : hymns in American protestant history and theology - Mouw, Richard J.; Noll, Mark A., 1946- (Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub., 2004)
The defining role of hymns in early evangelicalism / Mark A. Noll -- "We're marching to Zion" : Isaac Watts in early America / Esther Rothenbusch Crookshank -- Hymnody and politics : Isaac Watts's "Our God, our help in ages past" and Timothy Dwight's "I love thy kingdom, Lord" / Rochelle A. Stackhouse -- Jesus shall reign : hymns and foreign missions, 1800-1870 / Robert A. Schneider -- Marketing the gospel : music in English-Canadian Protestant revivalism, 1884-1957 / Kevin Kee -- "I found my thrill" : the Youth for Christ movement and American congregational singing, 1940-1970 / Thomas E. Bergler -- Protestant hymnody in contemporary Roman Catholic worship / Felicia Piscitelli -- White folks "get happy" : mainstream America discovers the black gospel tradition / Virginia Lieson Brereton -- Singing about death in American Protestant hymnody / Jeffrey VanderWilt -- Stories and syllogism : Protestant hymns, narrative theology, and heresy / Susan Wise Bauer -- "Some poor sailor, tempest tossed" : nautical rescue themes in evangelical hymnody / Richard J. Mouw -- Appendix I : American Protestant hymns project : a ranked list of most frequently printed hymns, 1737-1960 (the Marini list) -- Appendix II : "Hymns recommended for ecumenical use" in Catholic hymnbooks -- Appendix III : Hymns in Roman Catholic hymnals.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Keywords: Evangelicalism -- United States -- History; Hymns, English -- United States -- History and criticism; United States -- Church history