TY - BOOK ID - 77876266 TI - Sing them over again to me : hymns and hymnbooks in America AU - Noll, Mark A. AU - Blumhofer, Edith Waldvogel. PY - 2006 SN - 081738071X 9780817380717 0817315055 0817352929 9780817315054 9780817352929 PB - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, DB - UniCat KW - Protestant churches KW - Hymns, English KW - History. KW - History and criticism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77876266 AB - Hymns and hymnbooks as American historical and cultural icons. This work is a study of the importance of Protestant hymns in defining America and American religion. It explores the underappreciated influence of hymns in shaping many spheres of personal and corporate life as well as the value of hymns for studying religious life. Distinguishing features of this volume are studies of the most popular hymns ("Amazing Grace," "O, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing," "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name"), with attention to the ability of such hymns to reveal, as they are altered and adap ER -