ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses the connections between Britain and America were important in this regard, as shown by Mel Wilhoit in his discussion of influence of Moody and Sankey and the ways in which their use of music embodied the directness and personalization of religion that underpinned their methods. James Deaville focuses on the more spontaneous aspect of revivalism through consideration of the Welsh Revival of 1904-5. This highlights the particularly strong popular perception of the role of music in Welsh revivalism. Meanwhile, transatlantic commonalities and personalization of religious devotion are also key themes in June Hadden Hobbs and C. Michael Hawn's consideration of female hymn writers and the tunes associated with their texts. Ian Bradley explores the degree to which nineteenth-century hymn tunes can be seen as having a theological identity through exploration of their musical characteristics and their relationships with particular texts.
