AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – For more than 100 years, hymns have provided messages and music. As music has evolved, so have the traditional sounds inside churches. But one group has found a way to keep ...

(RNS) — James Walvin, a former Church of England choirboy and professor of history at the University of York, doesn’t remember encountering “Amazing Grace,” in song or in his hymnal. It wasn’t until ...

AMAZING GRACE: A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn. By James Walvin. University of California Press. 216 pages. $19.95. When President Obama sang “Amazing Grace” at the funeral of the Rev. Clementa ...