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"In the fifty years since Bob Dylan became Bob Dylan, his music has been asking hard questions--and finding powerful answers--about life, love, faith, and justice. Now Michael Gilmour faithfully listens to and thoughtfully writes about Dylan in a way that brings those powerful answers to life. {i>The Gospel according to Bob Dylan" is a book for anyone who knows good music can teach us about what really matters." Greg Garrett, author of "We Get to Carry Each Other: The Gospel according to U2" and "The Other Jesus"
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Since the early 1960s, music fans have found Bob Dylan's spirituality fascinating, and many of them have identified Dylan as a kind of spiritual guru. This book, written by a scholar who is a longtime fan, examines Dylan's mystique, asking why audiences respond to him as a spiritual guide. This book reveals Bob Dylan as a major twentieth- and twenty-first-century religious thinker with a body of relevant work that goes far beyond a handful of gospel albums.
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1 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Not a bad book. Discusses Dylan's lifetime religiosity in his songs. Interesting stuff explored along the way, and--as always---Dylan tidbits that I never knew before.
The title, fortunately, is a little misleading as the book never really goes off on an explanation of "The Gospel According to Bob Dylan", but I was glad for that. Art is for the receiver to create its own meaning for themselves. Speaking of which, "Ain't Talkin' " is my new Our Father.
The title, fortunately, is a little misleading as the book never really goes off on an explanation of "The Gospel According to Bob Dylan", but I was glad for that. Art is for the receiver to create its own meaning for themselves. Speaking of which, "Ain't Talkin' " is my new Our Father.
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Thoughtful and Well Researched
20 Aug 2011
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This is a thoughtful and well-researched exploration of the Biblical inspirations for many of Bob Dylan's songs. Gilmour is an excellent scholar who makes use of a number of sources to bring to light connections between Dylan's work and both the Old and New Testaments. This is an important contribution to Dylan scholarship.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Provocatively Insightful
8 Dec 2011
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It took me a while to read, which is par for me, but i'd highly recommend this book. There are not a lot of imposing theological presuppositions here, but some clear insights and worthwhile provocations.
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