Senthamizh veru, Chennai Thamizh veru (pure Tamil is different from Chennai Tamil)’,” says American author John A Loud, ...

The Holy Spirit is present throughout the Nativity story. So why is the third person of the Trinity absent from our Christmas ...

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With new translations from the long-extinct Hittite language, UChicago Ph.D. student Naomi Harris brought verses from clay ...

Former teacher and poet Cosme Lobo’s debut book explores the village’s history, culture, festivals and notable personalities ...

One Sunday some time ago, I was browsing through Spotify playlists — gospel and blues from the mid-20th century, mostly. At times I find myself wishing for a little more variety in the religious ...

The vicar of St Mary's in Primrose Hill helped create a book of hymns that included In The Bleak Midwinter and the now familiar tune to O ...

Old Delhi hosts one of the city’s oldest Christian communities, where Christmas is celebrated as Eid-e-Tawallud in Hindustani ...

Happy Christmas in advance, dear readers. For someone trapped in the English language as I was in my formative years, the Bible contained wonderful calls to fai ...

Picking up the children from school recently, I heard the lovely old carol ‘In Dulce Jubilo’ drifting slowly across ...

By Mark Wilmoth Things don’t always go according to plan. Back in 1737, Charles Wesley wrote a Christmas carol called Hark, How All the Welkin Rings, Glory to the King of Kings. Welkin is an old ...

Every Christmas, people sing the song “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night”. Unlike many other songs and carols ...