Theology and the Avett Brothers

Alex Sosler is assistant professor of bible and ministry at Montreat College and assisting priest at Redeemer Anglican Church in Asheville, NC.

Foreword James K.A. Smith Introduction Alex Sosler 1. May It Flourish: The Good Life According to the Avett Brothers Jeffrey Tabone 2. The Avett Brothers and the Interior Life Gayle Doornbos 3. Vanity or Virtue: What do You See in the Fire? The Explicit and Implicit Ethics of the Avett Brothers Brandon K. Watson 4. The Empathetic Imagination of the Avett Brothers: A Theological Investigation of Music, Emotion, and Christian Practice Jennifer Allen Craft 5. From Boatloads of Shame to Closer than Together: Scott and Seth Avett as Models of Confession and Reunification Austin Rehbein 6. Homesickness and a Hunger for the Higher in the Avett Brothers' Journey Casey S. Lute 7. Reimaging God's Agency in the Neighborhood: What the Church Might Learn from the Avett Brothers' Love of Place and Story Austin Ashenbrenner 8. Me and God Don't Need a Middleman: A Richer Understanding of the Nones Jeffery Porter 9. Head Full of Doubt, Road Full of Promise: The Avett Brothers and the Experience of Those Who Love Them Kevin Auman 10. Memento Mori: Living and Dying with the Avett Brothers Alex Sosler Afterword Bob Crawford

Not a lot of music makes me want to be a better human being. The Avett Brothers do, without moralistic nattering, but rather by being outrageously fun. These essays will help you savor the songs you stomp along to. -- Jason Byassee, former Butler Chair in Homiletics and Biblical Hermeneutics at the Vancouver School of Theology