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An exploration of the Blues as a mirror to the message of the Christian gospel, combining a love of the music with current biblical and theological scholarship.
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 about hope for a better world. In this book, Gary Burnett probes both the gospel and the history of the blues, to help us understand better the nature of the good news that Jesus preached, and its relevance and challenge to us.
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 about hope for a better world. In this book, Gary Burnett probes both the gospel and the history of the blues, to help us understand better the nature of the good news that Jesus preached, and its relevance and challenge to us.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 170
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Lutterworth Press
Publication Date:
26 March 2015
Trim Size: 9.02 X 6.02 in
ISBN: 9780718893897
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Bibles
'The Gospel According to the Blues' is at once a primer in American music, culture, and race and religious history. Gary Burnett moves deftly from lyrics to theory and back again, from Blind Lemon Jefferson to the insights of contemporary scholarship. Highly readable, thoroughly researched, and with deep respect for the art form on every page. For best results, read with scratchy vinyl recordings of the masters as accompaniment.
— Michael J. Gilmour, Providence University College, Otterburne, Manitoba, Canada
This book functions like the blues to which it introduces us: as a wake-up call to the cries of lament that stir in the hearts of people all around us. In this informative, moving, and convicting book, Gary Burnett reminds us that the gospel comes as a divine promise of justice and peace in answer to those cries.
— J.R. Daniel Kirk, Fuller Theological Seminary, Menlo Park, CA
Gary Burnett's office is shelved with theological books, guitars fill the floor, and the drawers are crammed with CDs. In 'The Gospel According to the Blues', Gary brings his vocation as a New Testament teacher together with his passion for the blues and gives the reader scholarly knowledge and wise insight.
— Steve Stockman, Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, Belfast, UK
— Michael J. Gilmour, Providence University College, Otterburne, Manitoba, Canada
This book functions like the blues to which it introduces us: as a wake-up call to the cries of lament that stir in the hearts of people all around us. In this informative, moving, and convicting book, Gary Burnett reminds us that the gospel comes as a divine promise of justice and peace in answer to those cries.
— J.R. Daniel Kirk, Fuller Theological Seminary, Menlo Park, CA
Gary Burnett's office is shelved with theological books, guitars fill the floor, and the drawers are crammed with CDs. In 'The Gospel According to the Blues', Gary brings his vocation as a New Testament teacher together with his passion for the blues and gives the reader scholarly knowledge and wise insight.
— Steve Stockman, Fitzroy Presbyterian Church, Belfast, UK
One. The Gospel According to the Blues
Two. Suffering, the Gospel, and the Blues
Three. The Blues, Jesus, and Justice
Four. Violence, the Blues, and Peace
Five. There Must be a Better World Somewhere
Six. Shaking Off the Modern Daze
Seven. The Gospel, the Blues, and the Empire
Eight. The Devil Don't Have No Music
Nine. Worried Minds: Beating the Blues
Ten. Preachin' the Blues
Bibliography
Two. Suffering, the Gospel, and the Blues
Three. The Blues, Jesus, and Justice
Four. Violence, the Blues, and Peace
Five. There Must be a Better World Somewhere
Six. Shaking Off the Modern Daze
Seven. The Gospel, the Blues, and the Empire
Eight. The Devil Don't Have No Music
Nine. Worried Minds: Beating the Blues
Ten. Preachin' the Blues
Bibliography