The Gospel according to Bruce Springsteen: Rock and Redemption, from Asbury Park to Magic (Gospel According To...)
by Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz
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Author: Jeffrey B. SymynkywiczEdition: Paperback
Published: 2008-06-16
ISBN: 0664231691
Number of pages: 197
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Book Reviews of The Gospel according to Bruce Springsteen: Rock and Redemption, from Asbury Park to Magic (Gospel According To...)
Book Review: A Great Reflectin on Our Spiritual Journey with Springsteen -- Great for Individuals and for Small Groups
Summary: 5 Stars
Let me start by explaining what this book is NOT: It's not written by Springsteen. There's no new set of interviews with him at the core of this book. There's no music CD. It's not part of the publicity for a new album.
Now, let me explain what this IS and why it's a gift to all of us from the author, a Harvard-educated scholar of religion who is pastor of a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Massachusetts: This book is a spiritual memoir of living with Springsteen's music as part of our spiritual soundtrack for a third of a century.
You probably can sing some of his songs without accompaniment and, when certain songs pop up unexpectedly, they evoke all sorts of memories, don't they?
This book invites us to walk with the author through all those years with Springsteen -- one album after another -- and contemplate his spiritual insights and how they connect with our lives to this day.
It ends with a fascinating Ten Commandments (suggestions really) of Springsteen's gospel.
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