The Gospel according to the blues / Gary W. Burnett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burnett, Gary W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blues (Music)--Religious aspects.

Blues (Music).

Blues (Music)--History and criticism.

Christian ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2014.

Summary:

The Gospel According to the Blues dares us to read Jesus's Sermon on the Mount in conversation with Robert Johnson, Son House, and Muddy Waters. It suggests that thinking about the blues--the history, the artists, the songs--provides good stimulation for thinking about the Christian gospel. Both are about a world gone wrong, about injustice, about the human condition, and both are about hope for a better world. In this book, Gary Burnett probes both the gospel and the history of the blues as we find it in the Sermon on the Mount, to help us understand better the nature of the good news which J

Contents:

The gospel according to the blues

Suffering, the gospel, and the blues

The blues, Jesus, and justice

Violence, the blues, and peace

There must be a better world somewhere

Shaking off the modern daze

The gospel, the blues, and the empire

The devil don't have no music

Worried minds : beating the blues

Preachin' the blues.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781630875589

1630875589