The truth, as we learn in James Walvin's book Amazing Grace: A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn, is far more complex. Walvin's study analyzes the history and cultural significance of this ...

BALABAN: James Walvin is a historian and the author of the new book "Amazing Grace: A Cultural History Of A Beloved Hymn." His favorite version is the one you're hearing now. WALVIN: It's hard not ...

But for decades no one tune was consistently linked to "Amazing Grace," until 1835, when an American Baptist, William Walker, published "The Southern Harmony" hymn book with a song, at the time ...

Amazing Grace. By James Walvin. University of California Press; 216 pages; $19.95 and £16.99 A short but fascinating book by James Walvin, a professor at the University of York and an expert on ...

“Amazing grace,” intoned the eulogist, and repeated it. He began to sing: “how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me,” and the congregation, a bit startled, joined in, as the ...

"Amazing Grace" has been sung by pop artists ... Smith, a former police officer, wrote the music and book for the musical after finding Newton’s autobiography on a library visit in 1997.

James Walvin, Professor of History Emeritus at the University of York, and author of a new book on the hymn Amazing Grace. “It is a hymn that speaks of hope and redemptions, of peace and ...

In 2016, Coldplay began the encore of a headlining set at Glastonbury Festival with a sample of “Amazing Grace” sung by Barack Obama during his eulogy for Clementa Pinckney, one of nine Black ...

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 Ne ...

Amazing Grace might be the ultimate song of redemption ... a seasoned historian of slavery, to write a book covering the 300-year tale of the man and his hymn. "What modern observers find very ...