A Supreme Love: The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel
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Overview
For practitioners and fans, jazz expresses the deepest meanings of life. Its rich history and its distinctive elements like improvisation and syncopation unite to create an unrepeatable and inexpressible aesthetic experience. But for others, jazz is an enigma. Might jazz be better appreciated and understood in relation to the Christian faith?
In this volume, theologian and jazz pianist William Edgar argues that the music of jazz cannot be properly understood apart from the Christian gospel, which like jazz moves from deep lament to inextinguishable joy. By tracing the development of jazz, placing it within the context of the African American experience, and exploring the work of jazz musicians like Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, and Louis Armstrong, Edgar argues that jazz deeply resonates with the hope that is ultimately found in the good news of Jesus Christ.
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- Traces the development of jazz, placing it within the context of the African American experience
- Argues that the music of jazz cannot be properly understood apart from the Christian gospel
- Part I: Historical Context
- Part II: Feeder Genres
- Part III: Jazz Music
- Title: A Supreme Love: The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel
- Author: William Edgar
- Publisher: IVP Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 207
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Jazz › Religious aspects--Christianity; African Americans › Music--Religious aspects--Christianity; African Americans › Religion--History
- ISBNs: 9781514000670, 9781514000663, 1514000679, 1514000660
- Resource ID: LLS:SUPREMELOVE
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:14:40Z
William Edgar is Professor of Apologetics and John Boyer Chair of Evangelism and Culture at Westminster Theological Seminary. William is also an Associate Professor at the Faculté Jean Calvin. He received his MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary and a DTheol from the University of Geneva. William and his wife, Barbara, have two children and three grandchildren.
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