Blue Like Jazz
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 Non-Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality |
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| Author | Donald Miller |
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| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction, Memoir |
| Publisher | Nelson |
| Released | 17 July 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 256 pp |
| ISBN | 0785263705 |
Blue Like Jazz is the second book by Donald Miller. This semi-autobiographical work, subtitled "Non-Religious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality," is a collection of essays and personal reflections chronicling the author's growing understanding of the nature of God and Jesus, and the need and responsibility for an authentic personal response to that understanding. Much of the work centers on Miller's experiences with friends and fellow students while attending Reed College, a liberal university in Portland, Oregon.
The book's popularity is due to its personable style and seemingly relevant content which most appeals to twentysomething and thirtysomething, post-modern Christians in the emerging church movement. His writings have often been compared to fellow Christian memoirist, Anne Lamott.
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“I was watching BET one night, and they were interviewing a man about jazz music. He said jazz music was invented by the first generation out of slavery. I thought that was beautiful because, while it is music, it is very hard to put on paper; it is so much more a language of the soul … The first generation out of slavery invented jazz music. It is a music birthed out of freedom. And that is the closest thing I know to Christian spirituality. A music birthed out of freedom. Everybody sings their song the way they feel it, everybody closes their eyes and lifts up their hands.”
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