gospel
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Stella Parton is best known for her 1975 hit “I Want to Hold You in My Dreams Tonight” and a country and gospel discography that spans 21 studio albums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Any Black person with a job — especially white-collar professionals — had that gospel drilled into them by their parents long before the high-achieving Shonda Rhimes immortalized it in her show.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Mahalia Jackson’s gospel anthems and Harry Belafonte’s interpretations of calypso music took on special relevance for the civil-rights movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Don't Look Down is an album-length interrogation of his motives, insecurities and role as a father, set to a sparkling fusion of hip-hop, gospel and R&B.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
His only request is that I sing his favorite gospel song, “Amazing Grace.”
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
It was Tyndale’s personal encounter with the gospels that caused him to risk everything—exile, shame, poverty, imprisonment—to put the Bible into the hands of ordinary people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
For one, it turns out there aren’t physical descriptions of Jesus anywhere in the gospels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025
She got some money from her college and entered into an obscure essay contest, writing about the Greek text of one of the gospels.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2023
I am ring-shouts, and blues, ragtime and gospels...
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022
James Martineau preached that the gospels could transform an individual into a believer just through their beauty, not through strict, traditional belief in every word of the Bible.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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