| Hymns and the Christian Myth Contributor(s): Adey, Lionel (Author) |
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ISBN: 077480257X ISBN-13: 9780774802574 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $89.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Institutions & Organizations - Music | Genres & Styles - Dance - Music | Religious - Hymns |
| Dewey: 264.2 |
| Physical Information: 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From its beginnings in the Bible, Christian hymnology has fulfilled three functions -- praise, recital and teaching of the Myth, and collective and personal adoration as well as the foundation and worship of the church. In Hymns and the Christian Myth, Lionel Adey demonstrates that over the centuries shifts emphasizing particular elements of the Christian faith accord with the interests and concerns of the times in which the hymns were composed. |