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In this unique collection, theologians born and formed during the Cold War offer their insights and perspectives on theological relationships with such musical artists and groups as Joy Division, U2, Nick Cave, and John Coltrane. These essays demonstrate that one´s personal music preferences can inform and influence professional interests.

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1. Sonic Bibles and the Closing of the Canon: The Sounds of Secular, Mundane Transcendence?; Mike Grimshaw 2. My Affair with Ian; Jennifer K. Otter 3. In the Colony with Joy Division; Clayton Crockett 4. Sonic Stigmatas: Towards a New Fear and Trembling; Sophie Fuggle 5. Improvisation and Divine Creation: A Riff on John Coltrane´s ´A Love Supreme´; Sam Laurent 6. Protocols of Surrender Stammering Along the Gothic Line; Joshua Ramey 7. Louis Armstrong: A Rhapsody on Repetition and Time; Jeffrey W. Robbins 8. I Know my Way from Here: Walking the Hutterite Mile with David Eugene Edwards; Eric Repphun 9. Meeting God in the Sound: The Seductive Dimension of U2´s Future Hymns; Deane Galbraith 10. Praying the Confiteor at Westminster Abbey: Four-on-the Floor Apocalypse; Christopher D. Rodkey 11. Nick Cave and Death; Roland Boer 12. Combine Dry Ingredients, Mix Well: Constituting Worlds through Mix-tapes and Maxi-mixes: Chris Nichol 13. Why Kanye West Gets it Wrong: it´s not ´Jesus walks´ but ´Christ who is glimpsed´...(or how to think theologically in the modern city); Mike Grimshaw 14. Stop, Think, Stop; Daniel Colucciello Barber

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Mike Grimshaw, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Jennifer K. Otter, University of London, UK Clayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas, USA Sophie Fuggle, University of London, USA Sam Laurent, Drew University, USA Joshua Ramey, Haverford College, USA Jeffrey W. Robbins, Lebanon Valley College, USA Eric Repphun, Otago University, New Zealand Deane Galbraith, Otago University, New Zealand Christopher Rodkey, pastor of St. Paul´s United Church of Christ, USA Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, Australia Chris Nichol, Director of Mixed Media Ltd. Daniel Colucciello Barber, ICI Berlin, Germany

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