Take a look at Samuel G. Freedman's article on a song whose history illustrates the often-complicated relation of religion, culture, race, and politics.
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This brought to mind a recent article on a song with a far less complicated or ambiguous history: Amazing Grace. See this piece by AP writer Joe Edwards (I like the quote from the director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir: "It's a perfect marriage of text and tune"): http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101110/ap_on_re/us_rel_religion_today
Posted by: Patrick S. O'Donnell | 11/23/2010 at 06:25 AM