‘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 in church ...

“It is proposed that occasionally the pastors, choir directors and organists of a town, or in districts of cities, make plans to mass the choirs of the several churches and meet together in a ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Listen to the official audio of Joseph Spence's "Give Me That Old Time Religion," a widely disseminated American traditional spiritual dating to ...

Notre Dame sociology professor Christian Smith knows that statistics about plummeting church attendance and rising numbers of "nones"—people who claim no religious identity—aren't new. Now, in the ...

Although it's only 30 years old, All Saints Anglican Church is anything but modern. "We preserve the older way of doctrine and morals," the Rev. Carl Schroeder said. "We adhere to the doctrine of the ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Titled “Campaigning to the Choir,” Ms Greene’s piece is by-lined “Russellville, Tennessee,” and is designed to ...

Standing in the open-air pavilion held up by century-old cedar posts, Decatur evangelist Phil Waldrep shared one of the lesser-known stories of the Hartselle Tabernacle on the first day of the 125th ...

Walking bravely into the “moral values” debate, Bob Somerby at the Daily Howler writes, “In the wake of the recent election, boo-hooing pseudo-cons keened and wailed about the way ‘contemptuous’ ...

side 1: Daniel Haynes and Dixie Jubilee Singers. Waiting At the End of the Road; side 2: Pace Jubilee Singers. Old-Time Religion (Victor 22097). 78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1929. Side 2 was ...