The new Aretha Franklin documentary Amazing Grace — filmed in 1972 during the live recording sessions for her hit album of the same name, but not available for public viewing until today — is a ...

A stained-glass image of John Newton, the man who wrote "Amazing Grace." | Adam Jones, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 2.0 Travelers driving the coast of Donegal, Ireland, may be puzzled by the road ...

“We are on our way. . . . We’re on our journey home!” So declares the silver-clad choir, in buoyant triplets, upon entering the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, in Watts, Los Angeles. Theirs is ...

(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 ...

Judy Collins‘ iconic rendition of “Amazing Grace” was released on 1970’s Whales & Nightingales, an album that turns 50 in August. But Collins initially performed the hymn many years before that, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

In early 1972, Aretha Franklin recorded “Amazing Grace,” a collection of gospel classics performed over two nights at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. The legendary session — ...

Hymns like ‘Amazing Grace’ are the anthem for Christians. They are our beautiful reminder of what Christ did on the cross for us. They reveal the depth of our need for God and remind us of the depth ...

Nearly 50 years after its production, the emotional performance of Franklin's best-selling album doesn't disappoint. Aretha Franklin hardly says a word in “Amazing Grace,” but she sings with an energy ...