One. The Gospel According to the Blues -- two. Suffering, the Gospel, and the Blues -- three. The Blues, Jesus, and Justice -- four. Violence, the Blues, and Peace -- five. There Must be a Better World Somewhere -- six. Shaking Off the Modern Daze -- seven. The Gospel, the Blues, and the Empire -- eight. The Devil Don't Have No Music -- nine. Worried Minds: Beating the Blues -- ten. Preachin' the Blues.
Summary
The Gospel According to the Blues dares us to read Jesus's Sermon on the Mount in conversation with Robert Johnson, Son House, and Muddy Waters. It suggests that thinking about the blues--the history, the artists, the songs--provides good stimulation for thinking about the Christian gospel. Both are about a world gone wrong, about injustice, about the human condition, and both are about hope for a better world. In this book, Gary Burnett probes both the gospel and the history of the blues as we find it in the Sermon on the Mount, to help us understand better the nature of the good news which J.
