How Christianity Shaped Bob Dylan’s Life and Music

In the late 1970s, music icon Bob Dylan was struggling through a low point in his career. His album “Street Legal” had received mixed reviews and his movie “Renaldo and Clara” had not been received as well as he had hoped.

Faith, Religious Music Helped Shape Carter’s Beliefs, World Views

Jimmy Carter’s legacy is firmly cemented in America and worldwide. It includes many accomplishments both during and after his presidency, all of which can be traced back to the foundation of his faith and the religious music that he cherished. Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, has been called the first “rock ‘n’ roll president,” and he certainly was, embracing friendships with artists like Willie Nelson, Gregg Allman, Charlie Daniels, Larry Gatlin, Johnny Cash, and Bob Dylan, to name a few.

The Songs of Camelot

No political theme song could have been more appropriate for John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign than Frank Sinatra’s classic cover of Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen’s exuberant “High Hopes.”