A Fiery Gospel The Battle Hymn of the Republic and the Road to Righteous War |
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| Author:
| Gamble, Richard M. |
| Series title: | Religion and American Public Life Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5017-3641-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 2019 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $79.99 |
Book Description:
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Since its composition in Washington's Willard Hotel in 1861, Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" has been used to make America and its wars sacred. Few Americans reflect on its violent and redemptive imagery, drawn freely from prophetic passages of the Old and New Testaments, and fewer still think about the implications of that...
Since its composition in Washington's Willard Hotel in 1861, Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" has been used to make America and its wars sacred. Few Americans reflect on its violent and redemptive imagery, drawn freely from prophetic passages of the Old and New Testaments, and fewer still think about the implications of that...