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.
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- Bibliography: p. [239]-249
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- 264/.2/09
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 19
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- Includes indexes Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9780774853002
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- BV310
- LCCN Item number
- A34 1986eb
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- 1 electronic text (xiii, 269 p. : music)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)jme00326704 (OCoLC)243568791 (CaOOCEL)404242
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Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Preface 10
- Acknowledgements 13
- THE HYMN: BEGINNINGS AND FORMS 18
- 1. What Hymns Are 20
- 2. Hymns and the Bible 33
- 3. The Odes of Solomon and the Early Christians 39
- 4. A Note on the Byzantine Hymn 49
- THE MYTH IN MEDIEVAL CHRISTENDOM 54
- 5."Creator of All Things": God the Father 56
- 6. The Coming of Christ 60
- 7. The Heart of the Myth: Christ Crucified and Risen 74
- 8. The Testament of the Spirit 92
- 9. The Four Last Things 102
- THE MYTH AND THE REFORMATION 116
- 10. The Father Returns 118
- 11. Christ Applied 132
- 12. How the End of Things Appeared 157
- MODERN HYMNS: THE MUTATIONS OF GOD 170
- 13. The Father 172
- 14. The Messiah 183
- 15. The Holy Spirit 200
- 16. Convergence and Cleavage 208
- Appendix 218
- Abbreviations 224
- Notes 226
- Select Bibliography 258
- Index 270
- NAME AND SUBJECT INDEX 270
- A 270
- B 270
- C 271
- D 272
- E 273
- F 273
- G 273
- H 273
- I 275
- J 276
- K 276
- L 276
- M 276
- N 277
- O 277
- P 278
- Q 278
- R 278
- S 279
- T 279
- U 280
- V 280
- W 280
- Z 280
- INDEX OF HYMNS, CAROLS AND SACRED SONGS 282
- A 282
- B 282
- C 283
- D 283
- E 283
- F 283
- G 284
- H 284
- I 284
- J 285
- L 285
- M 285
- N 285
- O 285
- P 286
- Q 286
- R 286
- S 286
- T 287
- U 288
- V 288
- W 288
- Y 288
