As the third candle of Advent begins to flicker — a pink flame symbolizing joy — we hear Mary’s song in Luke 1:46b–55. It is known as the Magnificat, it is more than a hymn of personal gratitude; it ...

The song proclaims an upset, but this revolution is not like others. My soul doth magnify the Lord … He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their ...

Songwriters living in ancient Egypt would never have expected the words and melodies they sang would feature on Australian music charts 1,800 years later. But one Australian academic's obsession with ...