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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... artist Russ Taff in the opening salvo of what was to emerge as a two-hour apologetic for himself, his colleagues, Myrrh Records, and the genre of popular music known as contemporary Christian music. The occasion was Shake: Christian Artists ...
... artists heard on the broadcast nevertheless presented vastly different interpretations of what contemporary Christian music was all about. While Shake shaped itself into an effort to (re)define Christian music, the definition that ...
... artist, lyric, and organization. Ultimately problematic, the three arguments are nonetheless relatively straightforward. For many, the single defining characteristic of contemporary Christian music is the faith of the artists who ...
... artists do not directly address such themes, their music is not Christian.” Similarly, in his monthly column in Contemporary Christian Music (CCM's premiere trade publication), pioneer Christian music artist John Fischer has argued that ...
... Christian musicians” and there is “Christian music.” And while Christian music will necessarily be the product of a ... Christians. At this point, then, CCM is no longer defined by the thematic content of its lyrics but by corporate ...
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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 |