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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... distinct entities have routinely been offered and accepted as the unifying elements of the CCM genre: artist, lyric, and organization. Ultimately problematic, the three arguments are nonetheless relatively straightforward. For many, the ...
... distinct and occasionally competing rationales for the forms that are created. Borrowing further, this time from the work of film theorist Rick Altman, these competing rationales can be used to make sense of the distinctions discussed ...
... distinct formats, each corresponding to one of Neibuhr's resolutions to the Christ and culture paradox, which we have labeled Separational CCM, Integrational CCM, and Transformational CCM. In our view, each of these provides unique ...
... distinct approaches to making Christian music but also distinct approaches to living the Christian life. So, whatever the value of contemporary Christian music in and of itself—and whatever the value of our model for the social world ...
... distinct histories—one in the music itself and two more in the musics from which it developed. To employ a frequently used metaphor, contemporary Christian music can be seen as the merging of two distinct musical streams: the safe ...
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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 |