John Prine and the Gospel

The book would include discussion of lyrics from a selection of Prine's songs paired with an essay suggesting how the human dilemma posed by a given song can be addressed by the promises of the Christian gospel. Using the formula of the late theologian, Paul Tillich, that "e;life poses the questions to which faith is the answer,"e; the chapters accompanying the lyrics will sensitively propose a way of living through the pathos of life with the courage of faith.