General Introduction to Hymnody and Congregational Song

Samuel J. Rogal chairs the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts at Illinois Valley Community College. A specialist in hymnology and eighteenth-century British literature and religion, he has published books and articles on John and Charles Wesley, Isaac Watts, Sabine Baring-Gould, Stephen Foster, Arthur Seymour Sullivan, temperance and gospel song, and the relationship between literature and hymnody.

...valuable both for the historical information it provides and for its appreciative evaluation of the religious treasures enshrined in English-language hymns.