Amazing Grace: A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn by James Walvin

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/718967 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Amazing Grace: A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn Author: James Walvin Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 54 minutes Release date: October 31, 2023 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: A fascinating journey through the history of one of the transatlantic world’s most popular hymnsSung in moments of personal isolation or on state occasions watched by millions, “Amazing Grace” has become an unparalleled anthem for humankind. How did a simple Christian hymn, written in a remote English vicarage in 1772, come to hold such sway in all corners of the modern world? With this short, engaging cultural history, James Walvin offers an explanation.The greatest paradox is that the author of “Amazing Grace,” John Newton, was a former Liverpool slave captain. Walvin follows the song across the Atlantic to track how it became part of the cause for abolition and galvanized decades of movements and trends in American history and popular culture. By the end of the twentieth century, “Amazing Grace” was performed in Soweto and Vanuatu, by political dissidents in China, and by Kikuyu women in Kenya. No other song has acquired such global resonance as “Amazing Grace.” Behold a compelling story of music and social change.