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Rags of Light: Leonard Cohen and the Landscape of Biblical Imagination

by Brian J. Walsh

Leonard Cohen in conversation with biblical imagination

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Leonard Cohen in conversation with biblical imagination

Brian J. Walsh approaches Leonard Cohen’s songs, prayers, and poetry through Scripture, tracing connections with Jesus and with the Bible’s prophetic and priestly traditions. The book frames Cohen’s body of work as a site for theological reflection, attending to questions of faith alongside imagery of sorrow, despair, ruin, and light. Instead of treating music and biblical study as separate subjects, it places them in sustained dialogue, using Cohen’s writing to examine the enduring language and concerns of biblical imagination.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Leonard Cohen listeners interested in religious and biblical dimensions of his work
  • Readers of theology engaging music, poetry, and popular culture
  • Those interested in prophetic and priestly imagery in contemporary art

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Leonard CohenBiblical imaginationTheology and musicJesus and ScriptureSorrow, despair, and light

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Book overview

Creatively bringing the songs, prayers, and poetry of Leonard Cohen into conversation with Scripture, this book deeply grounds Cohen's work in the landscape of the biblical imagination, paying special attention to Jesus together with the prophetic and priestly voices of Scripture. What emerges is a compellingly lyrical work of theology that deepens our understanding of both Cohen and biblical faith. Leonard Cohen has undoubtedly been a liturgist for our time, a cantor singing for all those clothed in rags of light, a prophet in the ruins, and a priest who greets us "from the other side of sorrow and despair."
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