A Pilgrimage in Song: Unitarian and Universalist Hymnody: The A history of Universalist and Unitarian hymn writers, hymns, and hymn books.
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (679 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0990726924 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 212 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This book attempts to trace the history of Universalist and Unitarian hymn writers, hymns, and hymn books. It is not complete since hymns and even their writers and hymnbooks are often ephemeral, and disappear quickly from memory.
He continues to work on hymn stories - for every hymn has a story behind it, why, through what experience and for what faith purpose it was written and the music composed. Following in the footsteps of Henry Wilder Foote's lifelong labors to put liberal hymnody into the larger story of the development of American Hymnody, his labors to record it for Julian's
"Great Book. Great Writer." according to Amazon Customer. A great book by one of the best of the Unitarian Universalist thinkers in the 21st century. David Jonson's comments are always appreciated and they deserve more attention.
About the Author Rev. He continues to work on hymn stories - for every hymn has a story behind it, why, through what experience and for what faith purpose it was written and the music composed. . Rev. Following in the footsteps of Henry Wilder Foote's lifelong labors to put liberal hymnody into the larger story of the development of American Hymnody, his labors to record it for Julian's masterful Dictionary of American Hymnology, and his own leadership in the creation of two landmark Unitarian hymnals, The New Hymn and Tune Book (1914) and Hymns of the Spirit (1938), Johnson has continued the story to the present, noting movements in and the faith pilgrimage o