Presentation
Bruce Springsteen & Michel de Certeau - Absent Bodies
Festival of Faith & Music, Calvin College
(2013)
Abstract
This presentation brings Bruce Springsteen’s 2002 album The Rising about 9/11 into conversation with Michel de Certeau’s 1984 volume The Practice of Everyday Life – in particular his chapter ‘Walking in the City’. A version was also given at the British Sociology Association 'Sociology of Religion Study Group' in April 2011.
Keywords
- Springtseen,
- de Certeau,
- religion,
- transcendence,
- embodiment,
- ritual,
- connectedness
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring April 13, 2013
Location
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Citation Information
Vaughan S Roberts. "Bruce Springsteen & Michel de Certeau - Absent Bodies" Festival of Faith & Music, Calvin College (2013) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/vaughan_roberts/20/