WOF 028: Bob Dylan, Poet and Prophet
The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture
Brandon Vogt
4.9 • 5.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2016
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Bob Dylan is one of the most spiritually interesting songwriters of our generation. In today's episode, Bishop Barron reflects on some of Dylan's best-known hits to show how they subtlety put Biblical themes on display. A listener wonders if Bishop Barron has any tips on how to evangelize in a secular workspace.
Topics Discussed
- 0:17 - Bishop Barron at the Bob Dylan concert last weekend
- 2:40 - Can Bob Dylan serve as a gateway to God?
- 4:45 - Who is Bob Dylan?
- 8:32 - Why Bob Dylan is best read as a spiritual poet
- 10:11 - Bob Dylan's religious views
- 12:17 - Biblical elements of Blowin' in the Wind
- 15:39 - Bishop Barron on Like a Rolling Stone
- 21:41 - Bob Dylan and the Resurrection
- 22:10 - All Along the Watchtower and the Book of Isaiah
- 26:41 - Finding Jesus in Dylan's Make You Feel My Love
- 28:43 - Question from listener: How can we evangelize in a secular workspace?
Bonus Resources
- Videos
- Reflections on Bob Dylan (Bishop Barron)
- Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" (Bishop Barron)
- Reflections on Bob Dylan in China (Bishop Barron)
- Keith Richards, Bob Dylan, and the New Evangelization (Bishop Barron)
- Articles
- "Bob Dylan in China" (Bishop Barron)
- Bob Dylan Songs
- Blowin' in the Wind (read lyrics)
- Like a Rolling Stone (read lyrics)
- All Along the Watchtower (read lyrics)
- Make You Feel My Love (read lyrics)
Find bonus links and resources for this episode at http://WordOnFireShow.com and be sure to submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. |
| 0:04.5 | I'm Brandon Vot, the content director, |
| 0:06.4 | and with me once again, |
| 0:07.9 | after a little bit of a hiatus, |
| 0:09.4 | is the great Bishop Robert Barrett, |
| 0:11.2 | Bishop Barrett and Glad to have you back. |
| 0:13.2 | Good to be on with the great Brandon Vot. |
| 0:15.4 | I got a lot of soup. |
| 0:16.7 | Now, hey, within the past week, |
| 0:18.6 | you've had a whirlwind of events. |
| 0:20.8 | You went to Rome for this big event |
| 0:23.0 | where you spoke to lots of priests. |
| 0:24.1 | We're gonna cover that more in depth in the next episode, |
| 0:26.5 | but you also had a really cool experience |
| 0:29.5 | this past weekend. |
| 0:30.7 | You got to attend a concert right in your backyard there |
| 0:34.2 | in California of one of your great musical heroes, Bob Dylan. |
| 0:39.0 | So tell us about that. |
| 0:40.4 | Yeah, it was a great experience. |
| 0:41.6 | I went with some friends, a TJ burden. |
| 0:44.0 | I think you know, TJ and some friends from Los Angeles |
| 0:47.3 | who arranged for these tickets. |
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