BALABAN: For a song with a 250-year history, the beauty of "Amazing Grace" is its ability to shapeshift. It's a religious text or not. It's a hymn or a gospel song or a folk song.

The lyrics of Amazing Grace by John Newton touch hearts with a message of grace, redemption, and inner healing.

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 ...

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 ...

‘Amazing Grace’ Review: A Hymn for the World’s Heart The words to ‘Amazing Grace’ were written by a clergyman with his own catalog of sins to repent. The tune we all know came later.

Amazing Grace : A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn James Walvin 216 pages; University of California Press $19.95 ...

The song also was the subject of at least one book, "The Story of America's Most Beloved Song, Amazing Grace," written by Steve Turner and published in 2002 by Harper Collins.

That hymn, and the story of the man who wrote the words (the music being a whole other story), would form the basis of a new musical with Broadway aspirations, trying out in Chicago, a city some ...

‘Amazing Grace,’ a song of suffering to pull us together Jul 3, 2015 7:07 PM EST ...