{"product_id":"a-fiery-gospel-9781501736414","title":"A Fiery Gospel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 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 apocalyptic language for how Americans interpret who they are and what they owe the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Fiery Gospel\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard M. Gamble describes how this camp-meeting tune, paired with Howe''s evocative lyrics, became one of the most effective instruments of religious nationalism. He takes the reader back to the song''s origins during the Civil War, and reveals how those political and military circumstances launched the song''s incredible career in American public life. Gamble deftly considers the idea behind the songhumming the tune, reading the music for usall while reveling in the multiplicity of meanings of and uses to which Howe''s lyr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLively.... Readers with an interest in 19th-century American religious and political popular culture will enjoy this biography of a hymn.\u003c\/p\u003e * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn accessible, engaging, and above all informative volume.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Collegian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this engagingly written and thoroughly researched book, Richard M. Gamble traces the history of Julia Ward Howe's \"Battle Hymn of the Republic\" from its conception at the outset of the Civil War though the beginning of the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e * Civil War Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is extremely detailed and very well-written, and the material is interesting on many levels. It will be a valuable resource to historians, church scholars, musicians, and anyone who has ever sung 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic'.\u003c\/p\u003e * Anglican \u0026amp; Episcopal History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGamble sets out an animated and detailed history of the writing of the hymn in 1861, its appropriation in 1898 as an anthem for imperialism, and its bizarre array of applications during the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Battle Hymn of the Republic\u003cbr\u003e Prologue\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Besieged City\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Rich Crimson\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"The Glorious Freedom of His Gospel\"\u003cbr\u003e 4. Righteous War and Holy Peace\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Anglo-American \"Battle Hymn\"\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Valor of Righteousness\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Sacred Inheritance of Mankind\u003cbr\u003e 8. Exotic Medley\u003cbr\u003e 9. A Severed Nation\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409336607063,"sku":"9781501736414","price":21.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501736414.jpg?v=1730506468","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-fiery-gospel-9781501736414","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}