‘… Earth’s proud empires pass away…’: The glorification and critique of power in songs and hymns of Imperial Britain

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title ‘… Earth’s proud empires pass away…’: The glorification and critique of power in songs and hymns of Imperial Britain
 
Creator Tönsing, Gertrud
 
Subject Practical Theology; Hymnology; Liturgy hymns; British Empire; power; patriotic songs; colonialism; mission
Description Songs and hymns shape faith and play a part in shaping political landscapes. They can be used to build or maintain power as well as to critique and challenge it. This has been true for South Africa, and some brief examples will be given. But this article focuses on hymns and patriotic songs from the time of the British Empire and explores how they portray power, entrench superiority or build a common, global Christian identity.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor n/a
Date 2017-02-24
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Literary Analysis; Content Analysis
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v73i3.3637
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 73, No 3 (2017); 9 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Britain; South Africa British Empire n/a
Rights Copyright (c) 2017 Gertrud Tönsing https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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