The Gospel According to the Blues
| By: | Burnett, Gary W. |
| Publisher: | Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, LLC |
| Print ISBN: | 9780718893897 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780718843632 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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 song—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.