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Similarly to the Christian poetry by fellow Catholic poet Marko Marulić, who believed that, "pagan myth and poetry gained a certain legitimacy when employed in the service of theology", [2] Devassia's poem is filled with multiple references and comparisons to well known stories about the gods, avatars, and demigods of Hinduism and even to ...
The ideas of both the German Reformation and Counter-Reformation stimulated hymn and religious poetry writing among both Catholics and Protestants, e.g. the Lutheran hymns of Martin Luther, Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg, and Paul Gerhardt (oft used in the chorales of Johann Sebastian Bach), the Calvinist hymns of Gerhard Tersteegen, and the ...
Baxter was the son of Batsell Baxter, another influential leader within the Churches of Christ. [1] The younger Baxter preached his first sermon in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1933. [2]: 71 He received his post-secondary education at Abilene Christian College (B.A.), University of Southern California (M.A., Ph.D.), and Vanderbilt University (B.D ...
The Churches of Christ, also commonly known as the Church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations located around the world. Typically, their distinguishing beliefs are that of the necessity of baptism for salvation and the prohibition of musical instruments in worship.
Tower Poetry is an organisation affiliated with Christ Church, Oxford that aims to promote the reading and writing of poetry in young people. The group is funded by a donation from the late Christopher Tower, and run by Oxford University lecturer, Dr Anna Nickerson.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse is a 1927 book of poems by James Weldon Johnson patterned after traditional African-American religious oratory. African-American scholars Henry Louis Gates and Cornel West have identified the collection as one of Johnson's two most notable works, the other being Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man .
Parley P. Pratt's volume of original poetry, published in 1840. Mormon poetry (or Latter Day Saint poetry) is poetry written by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) about spiritual topics or themes. Mormons have a long history of writing poetry relevant to their religious beliefs and to the Mormon experience.
Though he was an excellent musician and composer with many of his works performed by the leading American orchestras and choirs of his day, his life is best remembered for this simple music so well suited to Scriven's text. From an article published in the Banbridge Chronicle by the late J.Harris Rea, who was a well known local historian.