A Supreme Love: The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel
- ISBN-10
- 1514000679
- ISBN-13
- 9781514000670
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 166
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-07-26
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press
- Author
- William Edgar
Description
Theologian and jazz pianist William Edgar places jazz within the context of the African American experience and explores the work of musicians like Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald, arguing that jazz, which moves from deep lament to inextinguishable joy, deeply resonates with the hope that is ultimately found in the good news of Jesus Christ.
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