Changes

There followed a two year period of no new releases while rumors floated that Dylan had returned to the Jewish faith of his upbringing.   

There followed a two year period of no new releases while rumors floated that Dylan had returned to the Jewish faith of his upbringing.   

He resurfaced with a new album in 1984, ''Infidels''.  The secular/liberal music press accused the lyrics on ''Infidels'' of being "cranky" and right-wing: "Neighborhood Bully" defended Israel's foreign policy vis-a-vis its Arab neighbors, "Man of Peace" had the refrain "Sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace", "Union Sundown" supported buying American goods and decried imports from the third world, and the hit single "Sweetheart Like You" included the line "a woman like you should be at home, that's where you belong".  The opening track of ''Infidels'', ''Jokerman'' is constructed almost entirely of Biblical allusions.  These four albums stand as an interesting period in Bob Dylan's career of [[Christian]] lyrics. However, he has not released an album of explicitly Christian music since.

He resurfaced with a new album in 1984, ''Infidels''.  The secular/liberal music press accused the lyrics on ''Infidels'' of being "cranky" and right-wing: "Neighborhood Bully" defended Israel's foreign policy vis-a-vis its Arab neighbors, "Man of Peace" had the refrain "Sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace", "Union Sundown" supported buying American goods and decried imports from the third world, and the hit single "Sweetheart Like You" included the line "a woman like you should be at home, that's where you belong".  The opening track of ''Infidels'', ''Jokerman'' is constructed almost entirely of Biblical allusions.  These four albums stand as an interesting period in Bob Dylan's career of [[Christian]] lyrics. However, he has not released an album only of explicitly Christian songs.

He has continued to release new material since, of varying quality and commercial success.

He has continued to release new material since, of varying quality and commercial success.

In 1997, he released the well-received album "Time Out Of Mind"; a live performance of a song from the album at the 1998 Grammy Awards was interrupted by a [[liberal]] performance "artist". In 2004, he published the first volume of ''Chronicles'', his planned autobiography. Since 2005, he has had a weekly radio show on XM Radio called Theme Time Radio Hour, and he chose "The Bible" as the theme of a recent show, playing songs by the Reverend J.M. Gates, Kitty Wells, and the Reverend Gary Davis. His most recent album, ''Modern Times'' (2006), reached #1 on the pop music charts; at age 65, he is the oldest artist to have attained that mark.

In 1997, he released the well-received album "Time Out Of Mind"; a live performance of a song from the album at the 1998 Grammy Awards was interrupted by a [[liberal]] performance "artist". In 2004, he published the first volume of ''Chronicles'', his planned autobiography. Since 2005, he has had a weekly radio show on XM Radio called Theme Time Radio Hour, and he chose "The Bible" as the theme of a recent show, playing songs by the Reverend J.M. Gates, Kitty Wells, and the Reverend Gary Davis. His most recent album of original content, ''Together Through Life'' (2009), reached #1 on the pop music charts; at age 68, he is the oldest artist to have attained that mark. Later that year, he released an album of Christmas songs ''Christmas in the Heart'' which included a mix of religious hymns and secular tunes. He has stated that he was a true believer and able to sing the religious songs as such.<ref>http://www.bobdylan.com/cith-conversation</ref>. He has opened many concerts in recent years, with a song about changing his way of thinking to follow [[Jesus]], including his 2011 concerts in [[Israel]], [[Vietnam]] and [[China]].<ref>http://notdarkyet.tripod.com/change.html</ref>.

== Notes and references ==

== Notes and references ==