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(More customer reviews)this is a great, great book. every dylan fan should read it, especially people interested in the born-again bob. webb displays an uncanny understanding of dylan's true essence as a seeker and prophet. i have read many dylan books and this was one of the very best. it was easy to read and very spiritually heartening. the in-depth and well-researched analysis of bob's true message will astound you. anyone who has struggled with the gospel bob will be enlightened. in 1979 i immediately opened my heart to bob's spirituality because i needed to hear good news and in my heart i knew that bob understood important things and had a line on truth. bob helped me find a faith that continually strengthens me.if you love bob you will love this book. god bless you stephen. a million thanx. i can't wait to read your other books.

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Bob Dylan's earth-shattering performance at Newport in 1965 changed the face of rock and roll and the face of folk music forever. Dylan broke the musical equivalent of the sound barrier. He had to teach his audience how to hear sounds that had never before been heard. Dylan did the same for religion when he converted to Christianity in late 1978. Rock and religion have become intertwined in contemporary culture. Does rock gain its power from the decline of religious authority? Is rock a neutral medium that churches can appropriate with little or no danger to spiritual truths? Do rock and religion have the same ancient roots? Or is rock essentially at odds with Christianity? No contemporary musician presents a better test case than Bob Dylan. He played a key role in the fusion of rock and religion when he converted to Christianity. Dylan was ahead of the contemporary Christian music trend. Although he helped legitimize Christian rock in the late seventies, even his early music had deeply spiritual undertones. From the beginning of his career, Dylan talked about his music in terms of a spiritual calling.He imbued rock with something oracular and otherworldly - a supersonic rendition of the supernatural - which gave popular music enough weight to convey something of the mystery of religious ritual. Webb focuses on Dylan's religious period in this book, but convincingly shows that this religious period cannot be understood apart from a rereading of his entire career. Webb reevaluates Dylan's early career in light of Dylan's Christian period and shows that Dylan's Christian period was a natural development in his musical and spiritual journey.

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