A Survey of Christian Hymnology - A study of our hymn heritage

A Survey of Christian Hymnology leads its readers from the Psalms, canticles, and chants of the Bible through the major hymns of the New Testament Church. One learns of the ancient Greek and Roman influences, when hymns became a major means of teaching church doctrine and of counteracting heresies.

To read of the perilous thread of Christianity through the Dark and Middle Ages, one comes to appreciate the triumph of the Reformation and its hymns in the language of the people...the age of Enlightenment with its rationalistic hymns...the rise of metric versions of the Psalms in Europe and Britain...the birth of "hymns of human composure" and the rise of Romanticism.

These are some of the influences that laid the groundwork for hymnody in America, which has borrowed heavily from this history and has run the complete gamut of strongly liturgical hymns to the camp meeting, spiritual, folk hymn, to America's contribution to hymnody, the gospel hymn.

The book review the lives of the more famous authors and composers and their hymns. Many of these hymns are reprinted. A new meaning, understanding, and appreciation is given to the reader as they learn of the history and development of our heritage of hymns. A Survey of Christian Hymnology Book - $30.00