250 years later, ‘Amazing Grace’ has filled churches, concerts, even commercials – RNS November 2, 2023 by Fulcrum James Walvin, a former Church of England choirboy and professor of history at the University of York, doesn’t remember encountering “Amazing Grace,” in song or in his hymnal. It wasn’t until he traveled to the United States to research the history of slavery that he came upon the hymn introduced by John Newton, a former slave trader, in 1773. Adelle M Banks. Religion News Service. 31 October 2023 FulcrumShareTweetShare
