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. Scholar and longtime fan Michael J. Gilmour discusses Dylan’s spiritual mystique in this month's episode. His new book, The Gospel according to Bob Dylan: The Old, Old Story for Modern Times, is now available, and can be purchased at 40% OFF from The Thoughtful Christian.
Michael J. Gilmour is Associate Professor of New Testament and English Literature at Providence College in Manitoba, Canada. He is the author of Gods and Guitars: Seeking the Sacred in Post-1960s Popular Music and editor of Call Me the Seeker: Listening to Religion in Popular Music.
Related Resources:
Rodney Clapp, Johnny Cash and the Great American Contradiction
Greg Garrett, We Get to Carry Each Other: The Gospel according to U2
Steve Turner, The Gospel according to the Beatles
Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz, The Gospel according to Bruce Springsteen
Music Credit:
“Shadows,” by David LaMotte
