Getting the blues : what blues music teaches us about suffering and salvation - Nichols, Stephen J., 1970- (Grand Rapids, MI : Brazos Press, 2008)
Prelude: Learning to hear the blues -- What hath Mississippi to do with Jerusalem? -- A theologian explores the world of the blues -- I be's troubled -- Blues, the Bible, and the human condition -- Man of sorrows -- David's blues -- Woman of sorrows -- Naomi's blues -- Precious Lord -- Harmonizing the curse and the cross -- Come Sunday -- Living in this world, longing for the next -- Postlude: Learning to sing the blues.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Blues (Music) -- Religious aspects; Blues (Music) -- History and criticism