{"id":3268,"date":"2016-10-13T07:20:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T14:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/?p=3268"},"modified":"2016-10-13T07:20:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T14:20:02","slug":"the-spirituality-of-bob-dylan-nobel-laureate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/the-spirituality-of-bob-dylan-nobel-laureate","title":{"rendered":"The Spirituality of Bob Dylan, Nobel Laureate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4101\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4101\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4101\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bob_Dylan_in_Toronto2.jpg\" alt=\"Bob Dylan in Toronto\" width=\"515\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bob_Dylan_in_Toronto2.jpg 515w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bob_Dylan_in_Toronto2-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bob_Dylan_in_Toronto2-500x323.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Dylan in Toronto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for \u201chaving created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.\u201d In honor of this recognition I&#8217;ve collected a few resources that explore the spirituality of his works. You&#8217;ll find articles from <em>America Magazine<\/em>, videos from Bishop Robert Barron of <em>Word on Fire<\/em>, and concert footage of Dylan himself singing one of his spiritual songs that always moves me.<\/p>\n<h3>America Magazine<\/h3>\n<p>Shortly after the announcement today, Fr. James Martin posted the following links from <em>America Magazine<\/em>\u00a0on his Facebook page to remind us of the spiritual side of his body of work:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/americamagazine.org\/issue\/culture\/singin-word\">Singin with the Word<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Bob Dylan&#8217;s use of scripture in a book review of <em>Tangled Up in the Bible: Bob Dylan and Scripture<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/americamagazine.org\/issue\/diamonds-rust\">Diamonds and Rust<\/a> &#8211; a tribute by James T. Keane<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.americamagazine.org\/content\/all-things\/bob-dylans-churches\">Bob Dylan&#8217;s Churches<\/a> &#8211; A travelogue of different places of worship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Word on Fire<\/h3>\n<p>Bishop Robert Barron has recorded several videos featuring the spiritual side of Bob Dylan. Here are two of the best:<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Robert Barron on Bob Dylan<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bishop Robert Barron on Bob Dylan\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sF0JNwud9K0?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Bishop Barron on Dylan&#8217;s &#8220;All Along the Watchtower&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bishop Barron on Bob Dylan&#039;s &quot;All Along the Watchtower&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L0Tckg686L4?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And finally, the man himself singing one of my favorites, &#8220;What Can I Do for You?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Can I Do For You Toronto 1980\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dJbddZjbDTM?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>You have given everything to me<br \/>\nWhat can I do for You?<br \/>\nYou have given me eyes to see<br \/>\nWhat can I do for You?<\/p>\n<p>Pulled me out of bondage and You made me renewed inside<br \/>\nFilled up a hunger that had always been denied<br \/>\nOpened up a door no man can shut and You opened it up so wide<br \/>\nAnd You\u2019ve chosen me to be among the few<br \/>\nWhat can I do for You?<\/p>\n<p>You have laid down Your life for me<br \/>\nWhat can I do for You?<br \/>\nYou have explained every mystery<br \/>\nWhat can I do for You?<\/p>\n<p>Soon as a man is born, you know the sparks begin to fly<br \/>\nHe gets wise in his own eyes and he\u2019s made to believe a lie<br \/>\nWho would deliver him from the death he\u2019s bound to die?<br \/>\nWell, You\u2019ve done it all and there\u2019s no more anyone can pretend to do<br \/>\nWhat can I do for You?<\/p>\n<p>You have given all there is to give<br \/>\nWhat can I do for You?<br \/>\nYou have given me life to live<br \/>\nHow can I live for You?<\/p>\n<p>I know all about poison, I know all about fiery darts<br \/>\nI don\u2019t care how rough the road is, show me where it starts<br \/>\nWhatever pleases You, tell it to my heart<br \/>\nWell, I don\u2019t deserve it but I sure did make it through<br \/>\nWhat can I do for You?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for \u201chaving created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition.\u201d In honor of this recognition I&#8217;ve collected a few resources that explore the spirituality of his works. You&#8217;ll find articles from America Magazine, videos from Bishop Robert Barron of Word on Fire, and concert footage of Dylan himself singing one of his spiritual songs that always moves me. America Magazine Shortly after the announcement today, Fr. James Martin posted the following links from America Magazine\u00a0on his&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"The Spirituality of Bob Dylan, Nobel Laureate","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[677,802,328,142,803],"class_list":["post-3268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-music","tag-america-magazine","tag-bob-dylan","tag-fr-jim-martin","tag-fr-robert-barron","tag-nobel-prize-for-literature"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Bob_Dylan_in_Toronto2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pOucj-QI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3268"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4104,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3268\/revisions\/4104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicksenger.com\/onecatholiclife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}