Review: Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven But Nobody Wants To Die: or the Eschatology of Bluegrass by David Crowder and Mike Hogan

This is a fun, rambly, random look at the history of thought regarding the human soul, the development of bluegrass music, and the endurance of sorrow in life. It's a little off-beat-- having sections consisting of IM conversations between the two authors, columns relating a strange story exploring loss in several lives all paralleled together, and hilarious footnotes all throughout the book. The tone is warm, thoughtful and informative. A little silly.

The book was written shortly after both authors lost a dear friend. The topic of grief and loss is explored almost sideways, dancing up to it tenuously and backing off again, perhaps letting the reader draw his own conclusions.

I enjoyed the wit and humor as well as the abundance of history on the way that European and American cultures view the human soul, from Jung back to Aristotle. It was simultaneously a fun yet deep read.