Theology and the Blues
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Theology and the Blues

  1. 263 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Theology and the Blues

About this book

While all music genres incorporate religious imagery, the blues has its origin in the soil of the church. In its infancy, the blues was often dismissed as undermining the church's gospel songbook. The initial resistance, however, could not suppress the organic development of a genre of music born from suffering. The great Mississippi Delta bluesman, Muddy Waters, once said, "The blues was born behind a mule." Behind a beast of burden, the working man found in the blues a way to console the everyday experiences of struggle, sin, loss, despair, love, grief, sin, death, and the fear and hope of crossing the River Jordan into eternal life. The church's gospel songbook explores doctrinal foundations set to music, but the blues dares to uncover insight into the lived experiences of spiritual journeys. Theology and the Blues showcases theological themes inherent within the organic and expressive genre of the blues.

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Information

Publisher
Fortress Academic
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781978796362
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1: Love and Liberation: Listening to Gary Clark, Jr. with St. Augustine and James Cone
  10. Chapter 2: Spiritual Accounting and Moral Reckoning: Faith and Justice in the Blues
  11. Chapter 3: The Beat Goes On: Rhythm, Embodiment, and the Soul in the Blues
  12. Chapter 4: Mississippi Blues: Protesting Lived Experiences
  13. Chapter 5: Racial Progress in American Music: Spirituals, Blues, Jazz, and Beyond
  14. Chapter 6: On Muddy Waters’ Use of Sacred Tunes
  15. Chapter 7: Robert Johnson and the Crossroads: Myth, Man, and the Meaning of the Mythology
  16. Chapter 8: “But I Didn’t Give Up on God”: The Christian-Blues Exegesis and Hermeneutics of Eddie “Son” House
  17. Chapter 9: Salvation through the Theological Communication of the Blues
  18. Chapter 10: “Worthwhile to Be Heard”: Spiritual Angst and Lamentation in the Blues
  19. Chapter 11: Singin’ the Blues: Expressions of Hope for the Grieving Heart
  20. Chapter 12: The Song Brings Joy to Our Cry: Learning from the Blues about the Importance of Lament in Worship
  21. Subject Index
  22. Name Index
  23. About the Editor and Contributors