Johnny Cash and the Great American Contradiction: Christianity and the Battle for the Soul of a Nation
Title | Johnny Cash and the Great American Contradiction: Christianity and the Battle for the Soul of a Nation PDF eBook |
Author | Rodney Clapp |
Publisher | Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | 186 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Christianity and culture |
ISBN | 066423657X |
Johnny Cash and the Paradox of American Identity
Title | Johnny Cash and the Paradox of American Identity PDF eBook |
Author | Leigh H. Edwards |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | 514 |
Release | 2009-02-25 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0253220610 |
Throughout his career, Johnny Cash has been depicted—and has depicted himself—as a walking contradiction: social protestor and establishment patriot, drugged wildman and devout Christian crusader, rebel outlaw hillbilly thug and elder statesman. Leigh H. Edwards explores the allure of this paradoxical image and its cultural significance. She argues that Cash embodies irresolvable contradictions of American identity that reflect foundational issues in the American experience, such as the tensions between freedom and patriotism, individual rights and nationalism, the sacred and the profane. She illustrates how this model of ambivalence is a vital paradigm for American popular music, and for American identity in general. Making use of sources such as Cash's autobiographies, lyrics, music, liner notes, and interviews, Edwards pays equal attention to depictions of Cash by others, such as Vivian Cash's publication of his letters to her, documentaries and music journalism about him, Walk the Line, and fan club materials found in the archives at the Country Music Foundation in Nashville, to create a full portrait of Cash and his significance as a cultural icon.
Trains, Jesus, and Murder
Title | Trains, Jesus, and Murder PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Beck |
Publisher | Fortress Press |
Total Pages | 216 |
Release | 2019-11-05 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 150645559X |
"Saints and sinners, all jumbled up together." That's the genius of Johnny Cash, and that's what the gospel is ultimately all about. Johnny Cash sang about and for people on the margins. He famously played concerts in prisons, where he sang both murder ballads and gospel tunes in the same set. It's this juxtaposition between light and dark, writes Richard Beck, that makes Cash one of the most authentic theologians in memory. In Trains, Jesus, and Murder, Beck explores the theology of Johnny Cash by investigating a dozen of Cash's songs. In reflecting on Cash's lyrics, and the passion with which he sang them, we gain a deeper understanding of the enduring faith of the Man in Black.
Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Autobiographers
Title | Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Autobiographers PDF eBook |
Author | Wikipedia contributors |
Publisher | e-artnow sro |
Total Pages | 2555 |
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Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Male Guitarists
Title | Focus On: 100 Most Popular American Male Guitarists PDF eBook |
Author | Wikipedia contributors |
Publisher | e-artnow sro |
Total Pages | 2397 |
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Focus On: 100 Most Popular Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
Title | Focus On: 100 Most Popular Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winners PDF eBook |
Author | Wikipedia contributors |
Publisher | e-artnow sro |
Total Pages | 3197 |
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The Immaculate Mistake
Title | The Immaculate Mistake PDF eBook |
Author | Rodney Wallace Kennedy |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 2021-09-23 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1725286319 |
President Donald Trump originated his political career by claiming that Barack Obama was not born in the USA. His “birtherism” theory was discredited, but there’s another possibility about birth. Evangelicals have given birth to Donald Trump in the immaculate mistake. Evangelicals are not a collection of dumb and irrational people; they are the creators of the demolition presidency of Trump. He is their child—the result of almost one hundred years of evangelical angst, resentment, and hurt. This is the story of how Trump has become a secular evangelical preacher and his message of fear, hatred, division, and getting even has captured the hearts and minds of evangelicals. Rather than dismissing them, this work takes them seriously and literally and offers a frank and disturbing series of portraits of their determination to win at all costs.