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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... assumptions that raise as many questions as they answer (as well as conflicting with the de facto generic boundaries adopted by the Christian music press and Christian music retailers), most who favor a lyric-based definition of ...
... assumption that anything else would be a waste of resources, that such music should deal primarily with “Christian themes” (however those may be defined).” Still, Fischer's unwillingness to give up the thematic approach entirely does ...
... Assumptions,. Method,. and. Model. Approaching contemporary Christian music as a “splintered art world,” this project rests heavily on Becker's assertion that art worlds, or at least their boundaries, can be best understood by examining ...
... assumptions concerning the nature of God and the purposelessness of art, has as its goal not to enter or to withdraw from mainstream culture but to enable its transformation. The end result is a music stripped of its utilitarian ...
... assumptions and ignoring the similarities between Christian rock and his own honky-tonk Pentecostal playing, Jimmy Swaggart argued that “the new so-called contemporary 'Christian' music is incompatible with true biblical Christianity ...
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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 |