Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian MusicUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2014年7月11日 - 312 頁 Apostles of Rock is the first objective, comprehensive examination of the contemporary Christian music phenomenon. Some see CCM performers as ministers or musical missionaries, while others define them as entertainers or artists. This popular musical movement clearly evokes a variety of responses concerning the relationship between Christ and culture. The resulting tensions have splintered the genre and given rise to misunderstanding, conflict, and an obsessive focus on self-examination. As Christian stars Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, DC Talk, and Sixpence None the Richer climb the mainstream charts, Jay Howard and John Streck talk about CCM as an important movement and show how this musical genre relates to a larger popular culture. They map the world of CCM by bringing together the perspectives of the people who perform, study, market, and listen to this music. By examining CCM lyrics, interviews, performances, web sites, and chat rooms, Howard and Streck uncover the religious and aesthetic tensions within the CCM community. Ultimately, the conflict centered around Christian music reflects the modern religious community's understanding of evangelicalism and the community's complex relationship with American popular culture. |
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... cultural identity of America's evangelical Christian community. Rooted in a broad ... Christ as well as religious book publishers, filmmakers, television ... culture but also vitally important within evangelicalism more generally, we ...
... Christ against culture” perspective described by Neibuhr, Separational CCM, with its rationales of evangelism, exhortation, and worship, attempts to maintain a stark distinction between Christian and secular culture while at the same ...
... culture as. enculturated. Christianity”. may. or. may. not. be. accurate,. but. she. has. failed. to see and understand the product as do the members of the Christian rock art world.” To avoid making the same error, we must follow Sara ...
... Jesus Christ Superstar rock operas lies more in what they suggest about mainstream culture at the time than their impact on evangelicals. While such material revealed an openness on the part of mainstream culture to religious and, more ...
... Christ feel that this label is reflecting an unfortunate trend in Christian ... culture with biblical truth.” Christian music, claimed the editors of ... Christ and Culture (1951), Christians in all ages have had to struggle with the ...
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Its Entertainment | 75 |
Its Art | 111 |
Its Business | 149 |
Contemporary Christian Music and the Contemporary Christian Life | 185 |
Discography | 221 |
Notes | 229 |
Bibliography | 265 |
Index | 290 |