Sister Amiya spent 42 years as a teacher and has been a passionate composer of sacred music. The Bangladeshi religious has written lyrics for more than 100 hymns.

I was filling my backpack in preparation for a sabbatical and included my Bible and a small handful of books, but had not intended to take a hymnal. However, it ...

Nonfiction: “Lincoln’s Ghost” has little to do with the titular president but lots to do with spurious mediums.

The Daily Yonder highlights a centuries-old Appalachian hymn singing tradition, still uplifting souls through heartfelt ...

All hype, no heft. That's the real story of Amy Chua's memoir/Web sensation, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. A law professor at Yale and the daughter of Chinese immigrants, Chua orates in a tone of ...

%27In Christ Alone%27 a favorite new hymn with youth Gettys write songs as lasting testament They want their music to connect with souls NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Most songwriters in Nashville want to get ...

An 1844 religiously inspired songbook that uses shape notes to help people read music got a major update recently and it ...

In the region of Pakistani Punjab, particularly in urban centre's such as Lahore, Sialkot, Sheikhupura, and Faisalabad, Christian hymnody has undergone a transformative process, emerging as a hybrid ...

Two men meet at a funeral. Gil knew the deceased. Benny did not. Before long their families are close. Soon they'll be singing the same tune. Benny is a loner anchored by his wife and children. Gil ...

There is nothing more difficult to put into words than the sublime. The thing to be described might be a piece of music, a scenic vista or a jolt of transcendent love. The challenge of defining the ...

Music discovered in a 500-year-old religious book in Scotland turns out to be “lost” score, researchers said. The University of Edinburgh Centuries ago in the rolling hills of northeastern Scotland, ...

For generations, Catholics had to navigate their way around the Index of Forbidden Books. Now, some Catholics will have to do the same with the Index of Forbidden Music, Liturgical Division. Bishop W.