Bob Dylan's Overlooked Christian Music

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Dylan’s Christianity had less in common with Jesse Jackson’s and had more in common with Jerry Farwell’s. It fit comfortably within the perspectives of a reactionary Christianity that blamed liberalism and the Civil Rights movement for the nation’s religious, moral, and economic decline. The end times were near and the nation needed to prepare for God’s wrath.

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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