Getting the blues :what blues music teaches us about suffering and salvation /Stephen J. Nichols.
Description
Prelude: Learning to hear the blues -- What hath Mississippi to do with Jerusalem? -- A theologian explores the world of the blues -- I be's troubled -- Blues, the Bible, and the human condition -- Man of sorrows -- David's blues -- Woman of sorrows -- Naomi's blues -- Precious Lord -- Harmonizing the curse and the cross -- Come Sunday -- Living in this world, longing for the next -- Postlude: Learning to sing the blues.
192 p. :ill. ;22 cm.
Book Details
Author
Nichols, Stephen J.
Place Published
City
Grand Rapids, MI
Date Published
circa 2008
Publication Subjects
Blues (Music)--Religious aspects.
Blues (Music)--History and criticism.
Call No.
ML3921.8 .B68 N53 2008
ISBN
9781587432125 (pbk.), 1587432129 (pbk.)
LCCN
2008019718
Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-192) and discography (p. 181-182).