A Fiery Gospel : The Battle Hymn of the Republic and the Road to Righteous War /

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Since its composition in Washington's Willard Hotel in 1861, Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" has been used to make America and its wars sacred. Few Americans reflect on its violent and redemptive imagery, drawn freely from prophetic passages of the Old and New Tes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gamble, Richard M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Colección:Religion and American Public Life
Temas:
Civil religion > United States > History > 19th century.
Nationalism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Nationalism > United States > History > 19th century.
Civil War.
Musical Arts & Ethnomusicology.
U.S. History.
MUSIC / History & Criticism.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The Battle Hymn of the Republic
  • Prologue
  • 1. The Besieged City
  • 2. A Rich Crimson
  • 3. "The Glorious Freedom of His Gospel"
  • 4. Righteous War and Holy Peace
  • 5. The Anglo-American "Battle Hymn"
  • 6. The Valor of Righteousness
  • 7. The Sacred Inheritance of Mankind
  • 8. Exotic Medley
  • 9. A Severed Nation
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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