The Gospel According to the Beatles

The Beatles are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential groups of the rock era. But there not only a band that changed the history of music forever. There a band who has given us songs filled with religious and spiritual ideas. The Gospel According to the Beatles is a perfect journey for programs that can include educational events, exciting worship, and musical concerts.
Name: The Gospel According to the Beatles
Course Number: SSOL-POP 0021
Course Time: Offline Course (Resources provided below)
Course ID: 00078
Course Days: Offline Course (Resources provided below)
Notes: Explore this music and book to deepen your own spiritual journey and/or utilize them to create an educational event in your own religious community.

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The Gospel According to the Beatles
Renowned British music journalist and author Steve Turner surveys the religious and spiritual influence of the Beatles, the band that changed the history of music forever. With new interviews, never-before-published material, and fresh insights, Turner helps the reader understand the religious and spiritual ideas and ideals that influenced the music and lives of the Beatles and helps us see how the Fab Four influenced our own lives and culture.

Topics discussed include the religious upbringing of John, Paul, George, and Ringo; the backlash in the United States after John Lennon’s “The Beatles are more popular than Jesus” comment; the dabbling in Eastern religion; the use of drugs to attempt to enter a higher level of consciousness; and the overall legacy that the Beatles and their music have left. While there is no religious system that permanently anchored the Beatles or their music, they did leave a gospel, Turner concludes: one of love, peace, personal freedom, and the search for transcendence.

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