Joyful Noise
some authors, their times and their hymns
$49.21
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2024
Summary
Singing is a very important human activity, argues Charles Moseley. It is about bonding, about a sense of shared community, as we see in modern football crowds or in the marching songs of armies. Singing together can cement an ideology: words matter. Skilled songwriters can pack of lot of doctrine or spiritual insight into a well-constructed hymn - those of Charles Wesley, Aquinas’ great hymns for Corpus Christi, or Prudentius’ for the Nativity.
A Joyful Noise is an enlightening and i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781915412157 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1915412153 |
| Author: | Charles Moseley |
| Publisher: | Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd |
| Imprint: | Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2024 |
| Weight: | 372g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 126mm |
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Critics Review
‘A Joyful Noise is a marvellous volume, to be commended to clergy, musicians and congregation alike. Hymns remain a lynchpin of our faith and this book helps us think about them in new and insightful way.’ – Fergus Butler-Gallie
About The Author
Charles Moseley
Charles Moseley is an English writer, scholar, and teacher, and a former fellow of Wolfson College and Life Fellow of Hughes Hall in Cambridge, as well as a fellow of the English Association, the Society of Antiquaries of London, and the Royal Society of Arts. His most recent books include Hungry Heart Roaming: An Odyssey of Sorts and Between the Tides: A Lancashire Youth.
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