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Book

Dearly beloved : Prince, spirituality, & this thing called life

Call Number

  • 781.66 P954Y (CEN)

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Publication Information

Minneapolis, MN : Broadleaf Books, [2025]

Physical Description

xii, 249 pages ; 23 cm

Summary

"Prince is beloved by millions of fans worldwide, yet most don't recognize the spiritual messages coded within his work, nor understand the connections between Prince's own religious devotion and the sexualized messages of his music. For anyone who loves Prince and is curious about what his music means, this book is an essential spiritual guide"--

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Dearly beloved, I want to be your lover
  • We are gathered
  • Here today (but... you have to wake up and cross that graffiti bridge)
  • To get through this thing
  • Called life
  • Evil, temptation, the afterworld, and going crazy
  • Redemption and the rising of the rainbow children
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue, this is what it feels like when doves cry
  • Afterword.

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