America's Heirloom Comfort Song: "Amazing Grace"

An historical, sociological, theological, cultural inquiry into the popularity of Newton's hymn across the racial (and class) lines that divide North Americans. This "heirloom, "this "cultural icon, "functions widely and continually, primarily as a "comfort song" (...

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Main Author: Lewis, Kevin James 1987- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2013]
In: Implicit religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 277-288
Further subjects:B Theology
B Song
B Sociology
B Secularization
B Comfort
B Religion
B Secular Culture
B Iconic
B Crossover
B North America
Online Access: Volltext (doi)