2 Born Taking Sides: Religion in the Beatles’ Liverpool

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. That Magic Feeling: An Introduction to the Beatles and Religion 1
6. Part 1: Liverpool, Protestants, and Catholics
7. 1 Religion in the Liverpool of the Beatles’ Childhoods 31
8. 2 Born Taking Sides: Religion in the Beatles’ Liverpool 49
9. Part 2: The Beatles as Individuals
10. 3 The Religious Sensibility of Paul McCartney 67
11. 4 John Lennon, Jesus as a Moral Model, and Imagine No Religion 82
12. 5 George Harrison’s Road to India 98
13. 6 Don’t Pass Me By: To Hell and Back with Ringo Starr 114
14. Part 3: The Beatles and Religious Experience
15. 7 Songs of Self-Emptying in the Beatles 133
16. 8 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah: Beatlemania and the Cult of Dionysus—The Resurrection of a New Consciousness 150
17. 9 A Religion in Fact: The Beatles as Religious Phenomenon Hidden in Plain Sight 166
18. Part 4: Reception of the Beatles
19. 10 Helter Skelter: Charles Manson’s (Supposed) Apocalyptic Reading of the White Album 185
20. 11 Sanctum or Artifact? The Beatles’ Music in Yesterday 201
21. 12 Necrolennonolatry: The Postmortem Adventures of John Lennon 214
22. Conclusion: “Now and Then”—Seeking and Finding Meaning in Community 229
23. List of Contributors 233
24. Index 237