Religion professor T. David Gordon says Muzak has shaped singing in church. In his new book, Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns (P & R Publishing), T. David Gordon argues that modern worship choruses have ...

Traditional hymns, litanies, motets and prayers in Konkani, Latin, and Portuguese, widely sung in churches in Goa and passed down through generations would have died a fast death if Father Antonio da ...

It’s no wonder many of the church’s great prayers and meditations have been set to music through the ages. Comforting, convicting and inspiring verses are made even more stirring and memorable with ...

Walk into most black churches Sunday morning and you're more likely to hear the choir sing from the gospel top 40 list than sing old-time "Negro spirituals" or hymns from traditional hymnbooks.

These days, German church congregations have a wide-ranging choice between timeless classic hymns and contemporary church music - a mixture that is as colorful as the secular music charts. "Sing to ...

BALTIMORE — Some Catholics have long complained that traditional hymns have been “modernized,” “vandalized” and “feminized” for “political correctness” at the expense of art and theology. Last month, ...

Churches are retiring their hymnals and organs, hoping to attract younger crowds, but at West Auburn Congregational in Maine, Charles Marshall has been playing for 70 years with no plans to retire.

After the emergence and growing presence of Christian praise songs on Sunday, some modern hymn writers are looking to go retro. According to NPR, husband-and-wife duo Keith and Kristyn Getty of ...

Traditional hymns may be fading as churches look to contemporary music to attract younger crowds, but Dave Talbott is keeping the old music alive. Retired in September after 41 years as director of ...

Nigerian music artiste, Seyi Shay, has claimed that many traditional hymns were written by slave owners who forced enslaved people to sing them while being subjected to torture. Seyi disclosed this ...