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WJK Radio 25: Michael J. Gilmour on the Spirituality of Bob Dylan

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.

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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

WJK Radio 7: Greg Garrett on the spiritual journey of U2

Who among us has not experienced hearing a song that moved us deeply, that spoke to us in a truly spiritual way, despite the secular nature of the song itself? Millions of fans around the world have found that inspiration in the music of U2, arguably the biggest band in the world today. Now, on the heels of U2’s latest studio album No Line on the Horizon, Greg Garrett, author of We Get to Carry Each Other: The Gospel according to U2, joins us for an engaging and informative discussion about the spirituality that drives the band and its music.

Greg Garrett is Professor of English at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, a licensed lay preacher in the Episcopal Church, and Writer in Residence at the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas. He is one of America’s leading authorities on religion and culture. A frequent media guest, he regularly speaks and leads workshops and retreats across the US and overseas. 

Running Time: 32:33 minutes
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Related Resources:

Michael J. Gilmour, The Gospel according to Bob Dylan: The Old, Old Story for Modern Times

Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz, The Gospel according to Bruce Springsteen: Rock and Redemption, from Asbury Park to Magic

Steve Turner, The Gospel according to the Beatles

Music Credit:

“Shadows,” by David LaMotte