From the author of the acclaimed biography Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet, new perspectives on how Luther and others crafted his larger-than-life imageMartin Luther was a controversial figure during his lifetime, eliciting strong emotions in friends and enemies alike, and his outsized persona has left an indelible mark on the world today.
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the largest Protestant religious group in the United States--the Southern Baptist denomination--has been criticized for using and fostering anti-Islamic rhetoric.
Die grauenhaften Erlebnisse eines Soldaten im Russlandfeldzug 1941, aber auch die Sinnlosigkeit und Verbitterung über den militärischen Alltag als Besatzer in Frankreich und Italien, die Monotonie und nie endende Langeweile des täglichen Dienstes hätten ihn nahezu zermürbt, wäre da nicht eine innige Liebe trotz der großen geographischen Entfernungen herangewachsen.
To Do This, You Must Know How traces black vocal music instruction and inspiration from the halls of Fisk University to the mining camps of Birmingham and Bessemer, Alabama, and on to Chicago and New Orleans.
In an age when the church is sometimes viewed as irrelevant and inauthentic, leading Pentecostal theologian Terry Cross calls the people of God to a radical change of structure and mission based on theological principles.
Written by a fan, about the fans, and for the fans, this book is about Beatles fandom and excitement for the band as it continues, undiminished, in the 21st century.
Between 1901 and 1907, a broad coalition of Protestant churches sought to expel newly elected Reed Smoot from the Senate, arguing that as an apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Smoot was a lawbreaker and therefore unfit to be a lawmaker.
To date there has been no plotting of punk scholarship which speaks to 'time', yet there are some clear bodies of work pertaining to particular issues relevant to it, including ageing and/or the life course and punk, memory and/or nostalgia and punk, 'punk history', and archiving and punk.
After the breakup of the Beatles in 1971, Paul McCartney formed Wings with his wife Linda on keyboards, ex-Moody Blues guitarist Denny Laine, and American session drummer Denny Seiwell.
Various social, political, economic and cultural commentators are presently arguing that human history is reaching a decisive stage in its development, a stage marked by increased interconnection between peoples, the compression of space and time, a sharing of ideas at unprecedented levels, global trade and finance, and so on.
Carlos Chavez (1899-1978) is the central figure in Mexican music of the twentieth century and among the most eminent of all Latin American modernist composers.
Ethics is the culmination of Dietrich Bonhoeffers theological and personal odyssey and one of the most important works of Christian ethics of the last century.
Tom Nettles believes that Southern Baptist churches are still in the midst of reformation-reformation that began with the conservative resurgence but continues today.
A tough town like Olean offers a guy only so many job options: sweat in the stench of oil refinery crude, like his immigrant father does, suffer boredom in a factory job, or apprentice in a trade.
Making New Music in Cold War Poland presents a social analysis of new music dissemination at the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music, one of the most important venues for East-West cultural contact during the Cold War.
Music, Words and Nationalism: National Anthems and Songs in the Modern Era considers the concept of nationalism from 1780 to 2020 through anthems and national songs as symbolic and representative elements of the national identity of individuals, peoples, or collectivities.
The famous finger training exercises by Hanon for specifically improving strength, dexterity and independence: They cover basic techniques and typical musical contexts which can be transferred to all kinds of styles.
The two Chopin volumes of the 'Schott Piano Collection' series have been among the standard works of piano lessons for a long time, containing a careful selection of 38 popular piano works by Chopin.
Throughout this beautiful book, inspired by the true story of Gaspar Borchardt, we will experience how magic, music, nature, and spirituality come together in the same story to leave us with a marvelous message.
The Handel volume of the 'Schott Piano Collection' series has been among the standard works of piano lessons for a long time, containing a careful selection of 26 known and easy-to-play piano works by Handel, including the easy Minuets in G major, G minor, Bouree in G major, Sonatina in Bb major, Chaconne in D minor, Sonata in C major, Passacaille in G minor, Grobschmied Variations, and many more.
