Sung to the god Marduk, patron deity of the great city, the hymn describes Babylon's flowing rivers, jewelled gates, and ...

In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU's Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been ...

He wrote the lyrics for many hymns, including “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms,” and composed over 2,000 songs in his lifetime. He also edited more than 50 songbooks.

Are You Washed in the Blood is a gospel hymn that asks if a person has been cleansed and forgiven by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. It encourages listeners to trust fully in Jesus’ grace and ...

At roughly 30,000 words and abounding in clean, sharp, profound descriptions of phenomena both interior and exterior, Shepherd’s narrative is a marvel of economy. Mr.

Christian singer/songwriter Chris Tomlin's latest single, "The First Hymn," is only partly his. The key words and the message belong to Christian believers from the third century.

Archeological dating could certify without a doubt, Dickson said, that the hymn dated to the mid-200s, owing to paleography and “a corn contract on the back” of the papyrus. About a fifth of the words ...

A COPYRIGHT battle over gospel music is looming as churches square up against gospel artists who take church hymns without permission and rearrange them without crediting the composers or paying ...

“Many of us sing hymns without understanding their backgrounds or the inspirations behind their composition,” he said. The Mandate Secretary for Economic Planning, Revenue Generation, and ...

As we look at another New Year’s Day, it’s a good time to reflect on a song that unites rather than divides us: the Rev. John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.”The hymn first appeared in ...

Mexico's president has unveiled a bilingual “hymn” to Mexican migrants living in the United States, even as migrants from other countries continue to suffer ... While about 11 million Mexicans live in ...

In a decree dated Oct. 24, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight listed a dozen commonly used but “doctrinally problematic” Catholic songs that will be “absolutely forbidden” in the diocese after Nov. 1.