Bill Moyers was arguably among the best reporters on the religion beat. Even if it wasn’t always the main focus of his work or what comes to mind for those familiar with his legacy, still, he was a ...

A scholar who worked with him for decades observes that what mattered to Moyers was not how close you were to power, but how ...

It's been 10 years since a White supremacist gunned down Black churchgoers in Charleston. The families hope commemoration ...

Singing in church requires the congregation to be resourced to join in. Hymn books, hymn sheets, full service orders, and large screens and projectors all have their place, although rarely in the same ...

The haunting hymn " Amazing Grace" was penned by the anti-slavery advocate John Newton when he landed in Donegal, safe, having survived a shipwreck.

This week's programme features resurrection-themed hymns for Eastertide, an atmospheric rendition of Amazing Grace by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, and a benediction from the 1662 Book of ...

Similar to hymns such as Amazing Grace or Be Thou My Vision, the song makes people want to sing along. That's a lost art, said Mark Hosny, director of the National Praise and Worship Institute at ...

The Rev. John Newton's hymn "Amazing Grace" has become a national hymn, uniting people of all walks of life and reflecting the Christian view of man as a fallen creature who can do nothing to save ...

The Rev. John Newton's hymn "Amazing Grace" has become a national hymn, uniting people of all walks of life and reflecting the Christian view of man as a fallen creature who can do nothing to save ...

The hymn was sung during the civil rights movement of the 1960s, sometimes led by singer Fannie Lou Hamer. National Public Radio’s Samatha Balaban’s excellent story on the history of “Amazing Grace” ...

The story behind the hymn is as amazing as the hymn itself. Newton was a sailor, but his “character issues” got him transferred to a slave ship, where he became a ruthless slave trader.