The New Johnny Cash

by Charles Paul Conn

memoirs

Genres: History, Music

94 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Charles Paul Conn acquired his undergraduate degree in religion from Lee University (then Lee College). He received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in psychology from Emory University and subsequently went on to spend three years at Harvard University as a postdoctoral Visiting Scholar. Conn served on the Lee College psychology faculty for 15 or so years before becoming the president of Lee University in 1986. In addition to his work at Lee University, Conn also has a second career as a free-lance writer. He has authored or co-authored 20 popular books and his magazine articles have appeared in numerous national publications as varied as Saturday Evening Post, Eternity, and the Journal of Experimental Psychology. An interview with Johnny Cash, written for a Tennessee newspaper in 1972, was named by the Associated Press as the Best News Feature of the Year.

Reviews

[Matt Glidden · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple little book giving a snapshot of Johnny cash and his faith. It was fun to read a book in 2023 that was written 50 years ago getting their point of view and reading all they knew at the time on the topic.

[Tim Armstrong · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very quick read! basically the story of how Cash went from being an addict to committing his life to religion. It's a basic overview, though it does examine Cash's relationship to Rev. Jimmy Snow and the Evangel Temple which I found interesting. The chapter on the Evangel Temple was quite good.

I read it for a project I am working on and didn't really learn a whole lot. But it wasn't aggressively bad like most works focusing on Cash and his religion so it gets a pass from me on that front. And it was interesting to read about this topic written as Cash was at the peak of his religious fervor.

[Rosemary Reilly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad as a brief introduction.