America Magazine has just published an excerpt taken from From This Broken Hill I Sing To You: God, Sex, and Politics in the Work of Leonard Cohen. It’s a wonderful treatment of the material. Special thanks to top flight journalist and priest, Ricardo da Silva. I’m most grateful. Check it out here
I am thrilled and honored that From The Broken Hill I Sing to You: God, Sex, and Politics in the Work of Leonard Cohen is on the Reading Religion list of the American Academy of Religion.
David P. Gushee, Past President, American Academy of Religion and the Society of Christian Ethics, wrote this about From This Broken Hill: “Marcia Pally offers here an immensely rich theological interpretation of the work of legendary Canadian poet-musician Leonard Cohen… It deepens my immense appreciation for the impressive intellectual range of Marcia Pally. This is a tour de force.”
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David Gushee, former president of the American Academy of Religion, and Cantor Elizabeth Sacks join me in discussing the meaning of Leonard Cohen’s work at the Telos Group, which works on conflict reduction and peace. Click here
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Iconic songwriter/poet Leonard Cohen is featured in this Religion News Service piece: “Five Years After His Death, Leonard Cohen Is More Than Ever a Man for Our Times.”
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Erica Jong, award-winning author of Fear of Flying, novelist, and cultural commentator says, “Marcia Pally has written an absolutely brilliant and arresting book about the lyrics of Leonard Cohen… he has done the remarkable thing of writing prophecy and social criticism into his lyrics. Marcia Pally’s book analyzes his extraordinary talent. Please read it!”
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“Babylon and Boogie Street: Leonard Cohen’s exploration of covenants” is now out in Commonweal magazine. Photo by Philippe Gras/Alamy Stock Photo.
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Check out this conversation about Leonard Cohen on the new “My Favorite Album” podcast with Jeremy Dylan.
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Musician and podcaster Johnny Goudie, on From This Broken Hill. Goudie got it all–Leonard Cohen and God, women, and the politics of our time.
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Rabbi Mordecai Finley, spiritual counselor to Leonard Cohen, called From This Broken Hill I Sing to You “a superb book,” “sophisticated and accessible.” Finley continues, “As someone whose relationship with ‘Old Priest‘ was rooted in theological discussions, it is such a pleasure to see his depth so beautifully and originally articulated.”
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Photo Credit: Jorge Represa