Leonard Cohen-s troubled relationship with God is here mapped onto his troubled relationships with sex and politics. Analysing Covenantal theology and its place in Cohen-s work, this book is the first to trace a consistent theology across sixty years of Cohen-s writing, drawing on his Jewish heritage and its expression in his lyrics and poems.Cohen-s commitment to covenant, and his anger at this God who made us so prone to failing it, undergird the faith, frustration, and sardonic taunting of Cohen-s work. Both his faith and ire are traced through: - Cohen-s unorthodox use of Jewish and Christian imagery - His writings about women, politics, and the Holocaust - His final theology, You Want It Darker, released three weeks before his death.
