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Title: Spiritual Journeys: How Faith Has Influenced Twelve Music Icons by Steve Beard, Chad Bonham, Jason Boyett, Scott Marshall, Denise Washington ISBN: 0-9729276-0-3 Publisher: Relevant Books Pub. Date: July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.42 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: sex & drugs & rock n roll & Jesus? -- the ultimate taboo...
Comment: This book is a fun and easy read that nonetheless has sufficient depth. This anthology thoughtfully explores the seemingly contradictory intersection of popular music and Christianity, and the ways in which that unlikely marriage has produced some of the most memorable artists of the last few decades. Overall, this innovative anthology contains a thoughtfulness devoid of the hype usually found in music journalism.
Particularly notable are the sections on Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Al Green, Lenny Kravitz, T-Bone Burnett, Moby and Bono, all of which were enjoyable and illuminating. For some of the aforementioned artists, it answers the questions of: "Is he, or isn't he?" and delves into some of the thoughts behind their expressions of faith in music and the media. The section on Lauryn Hill was fascinating, as I'd always wondered about her reading of the Bible while accepting her 1999 Grammy award. In the section on Scott Stapp, frontman of Creed, I felt some things were missing; though his struggles with alcohol were noted, there wasn't any clarification of some of the recent rumors of his drug addiction, and rehab. I would have liked to read an evenhanded account of how he is dealing with that struggle, which, thus far, the popular media has not provided.
I was surprised by some things I learned about artists that I'm not fans of, such as the stalwart Christian beliefs of bad boy impresario Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, and bootylicious independent women, Destiny's child, neither of which would seem to be obvious choices for the church choir. As for Wyclef Jean, he remains wrapped in the spiritual mystery of his own choosing.
I highly recommend this interesting foray into the real, gritty, and sometimes unorthodox faith of some of the most influential musical artists of our time.
Rating: 5
Summary: microphone preacher
Comment: The lights flicker, the crowd is screaming young girls are fainting and the preacher steps up to the microphone! Clad in black leather with an attitude and blue tinted sunglasses holding his hands up in the air he sings
"I have climbed highest mountain
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you"
Call it a product of our Post modern or Post-Post Modern culture or call it raw spirituality the fact is that church services are being held nightly in a 30,000 seat stadium with names like the "Cow Palace" or "The Garden". With our world reaching an ever-increasing disdain for the "traditional" the youth of today seems to be gleaning more theology from the current Pop Icons than from the man that some of them call Pastor.
"Spiritual Journeys: How faith has influenced twelve music icons" explores the personal journeys of the people that are shaping our culture one lyric at a time. From Bono to Moby and from Cash to Kravitz the reader is treated to a unbiased unapologetic look at the spiritual backgrounds of the most influential poetic singers and songwriters of the past as well as today's princes and princesses of pop. I'm sorry but until you become Dylan you still are just a Prince in my opinion.
I need to be honest with you I was scared to open the pages of this book because I thought that I was going to be forced to see the spiritual in things that were never meant to be spiritual. I thought I was going to have to read another article about how Creed is a "Christian Band". I thought that this was going to be one of those books that was written for the sole purpose of allowing a teenager to justify to their parents that it was OK to listen to P. Diddy because he is a "Christian". I am so happy to say that I was wrong. Instead it is an honest look at the good and the bad with a healthy dose of the ugly. It is an honest portrayal of the excesses of Rock and Roll while still making clear that redemption in Christ is available to all and furthermore that those who in one breath spew profanity can in the next breath praise Jesus.
This book is a beautiful glimpse into the human heart while giving a background that will help at least understand where some of the spiritual torment that we so often see in lyrics comes from. More than that though it is worship in the purest form. I almost wept when I read about the amazing "Paul-like" conversion of Al Green. I closed that chapter and just thanked God for being willing to grab us when we are running so hard from him. I thanked him that he caught me when I wanted nothing to do with him.
This book is a blessing in so many ways. Hopefully it will drive home the fact that God is a Sovereign God that can (and will) manifest himself in everything. Oh yeah and by the way Creed is not a "Christian Band" just thought I'd let you know.
Rating: 1
Summary: This book sucks
Comment: Before you think to yourself that just one person is saying this book stinks... but many have given it great reviews, look at the review dates. All these so called great reviews are done on the same day, or day after.I don't know when the book came out but, it's a little fishy. This is after the book has been out and really read. If you want to read a book that just names names for the good of selling it, here ya go. Anyone with a brain knows these musicians didn't have any contact with this author, he just makes general "guesses" from there music. If they say God, they really are praying, not singing, yeah right. You can't judge someone by the words in there songs, this author is part of the same christian right that wants "no Gay marriage", one of the icons he writes about being a great christian icon, Moby, doesn't even agree with that red neck view point. Scott Stapp has put on the creed website, Is Creed a Christian band?
"Are we a Christian band? This is a question we are asked a lot because of some of the references made in the lyrics. No, we are not a Christian band. A Christian band has an agenda to lead others to believe in their specific religious beliefs. We have no agenda! This is still found on there website under the FAQ's, maybe Scott Stapp doesn't know himself as good as these authors, Yes Scott, you are a christian band, you better just come to grips with it. Make no mistake about the term "Faith" in the title, they don't mean anything but christian, if Lenny Kravitz is into buddha, really it's just another cry from him to find Christ. No formal reserch done, full of bias views, junk with paper covers. These guys are making it rich off christian gossip, "have you heard the spritual news on this star"
Junk, trash, garbage
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Title: How Movies Helped Save My Soul: Finding Spiritual Fingerprints in Culturally Significant Films by Gareth Higgins ISBN: 0971457697 Publisher: Relevant Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: Faith, God, & Rock 'N' Roll by Mark Joseph, Dave Mustaine ISBN: 1860744656 Publisher: Sanctuary Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalog by Raewynne J. Whiteley, Beth Maynard ISBN: 1561012238 Publisher: Cowley Publications Pub. Date: 30 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Man Comes Around: The Spiritual Journey of Johnny Cash by Dave Urbanski ISBN: 0972927670 Publisher: Relevant Books Pub. Date: 03 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: U2: The Best of Propaganda -- 20 Years of The Official U2 Magazine by Ian Gittins, U2, Paul McGuinness ISBN: 1560254874 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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