Last week these observations on hymns were made public by 79-year-old Dr. Wilbur Patterson Thirkield, retired Methodist bishop and chairman of the Commission on Worship of the Federal Council of ...

‘Tis the old time religion, and it’s good enough for me. —Gospel Hymn For more and more U.S. churchgoers, that oldtime religion is losing its appeal. A trend toward more ritual and formality ...

(RNS) — A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the oldest surviving Christian hymn with musical notation — and was ...

Christian music writers Ben Fielding and Chris Tomlin were approached by a historian with a Christian artifact that needed to see new life. The result is a modern-day worship song and documentary.

But believe it or not, there was a time–and a rather lengthy one, at that–when a colloquial honorific bestowed upon a president that began with “old” was a high honor.

In his new book, “Believe,” Douthat makes a case for name-brand religion, saying the world’s largest faith traditions are like maps for helping us navigate life and the universe around us.

The singer-songwriter discusses her new album “I Inside the Old Year Dying,” the beauty of Elvis Presley’s voice, and the connections between poetry and lyrics.

Smith is not quite predicting that old time religion will go out like the dinosaurs. After all, surveys say younger generations still believe in God or a higher power, and religion publishers say ...

I’m glad the Democrats have returned to the old-time religion when it comes to conventions.

That’s more likely to happen when you proceed one step further, into the territory of the real old-time religion, and start talking about the more personalized and unpredictable ways that ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Generations of Catholics who embraced the modernizing tide sparked in the 1960s by Vatican II are increasingly giving way to religious conservatives who believe the church ...