Foreword James K.A. Smith Introduction Alex Sosler 1. May It Flourish: The Good Life According to the Avett Brothers Jeffrey Tabone 2. The Avett Brothers and the Interior Life Gayle Doornbos 3. Vanity or Virtue: What do You See in the Fire? The Explicit and Implicit Ethics of the Avett Brothers Brandon K. Watson 4. The Empathetic Imagination of the Avett Brothers: A Theological Investigation of Music, Emotion, and Christian Practice Jennifer Allen Craft 5.

From Boatloads of Shame to Closer than Together: Scott and Seth Avett as Models of Confession and Reunification Austin Rehbein 6. Homesickness and a Hunger for the Higher in the Avett Brothers' Journey Casey S. Lute 7. Reimaging God's Agency in the Neighborhood: What the Church Might Learn from the Avett Brothers' Love of Place and Story Austin Ashenbrenner 8. Me and God Don't Need a Middleman: A Richer Understanding of the Nones Jeffery Porter 9. Head Full of Doubt, Road Full of Promise: The Avett Brothers and the Experience of Those Who Love Them Kevin Auman 10. Memento Mori: Living and Dying with the Avett Brothers Alex Sosler Afterword Bob Crawford.