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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... claim that the program would give listeners direct access to the “hearts and minds” of the Myrrh artists and that ... claimed Jimmy Lee of The Imperials, an idea perhaps in part contradicted by producer Brown Bannister's suggestion that ...
... claim that in his case making music was simply a vocation. But then Bannister further argued that despite the ... claimed, “We don't view music as a tool. We didn't say, 'Let's change the world for Christ and music is the way we should ...
... claims, has been an effort to seek the common features among a set of texts; it has been a sorting process. So the effort to define CCM becomes a search among the artists, songs, and record labels for some common trait. In Altman's ...
... claimed. Generally rooted in Christianity's more fundamentalist strains, contemporary Christian music has more than ... claims to be is as important as what it “really is.” With Apostles of Rock, then, we have attempted to make sense of ...
... claimed that “music is neutral.” Thus musician Dana Key argues, “Music is like automobiles. It's a vehicle that can be ... claims that contemporary Christian music is, like pop music more generally, plagued by “thoughtless musical and ...
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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 |