| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 91.4

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Wonderful Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant History and Theology. Ed. by Richard J. Mouw and Mark A. Noll. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004. xx, 288 pp. Paper, $18.00, ISBN 0-8028-2160-X.)
The history of hymns comes alive in this promising new volume edited by Richard J. Mouw and Mark A. Noll. Earlier studies trace the histories of individual hymns and their authors, but few consider the social and theological significance of hymns in revealing popular religious culture. This collection includes eleven essays, most of which were first presented at an Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals conference. The unifying thread in the conference and book is a database prepared by Stephen Marini analyzing the three hundred most often reprinted hymns in 175 Protestant hymnals published from 1737 to 1960.	1
Mouw's introduction describes the purposes of hymns as encapsulating theology, connecting individual experiences with those of the past and present church community, and informing that community's relationship with society.	. . .

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