No sympathy for the devil: Christian pop music and the transformation of American evangelicalism

In this cultural history of evangelical Christianity and popular music, David Stowe demonstrates how mainstream rock of the 1960s and 1970s has influenced conservative evangelical Christianity through the development of Christian pop music. For an earlier generation, the idea of combining conservati...

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Main Author: Stowe, David Ware 1960- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Chapel Hill, N.C. University of North Carolina Press 2011
In:Year: 2011
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Evangelical movement / New religious music / Evangelization / History 1970-2011
Further subjects:B Popular Music (United States) Religious aspects
B Evangelicalism United States
B Evangelicalism (United States)
B Contemporary Christian music United States History and criticism
B Contemporary Christian music (United States) History and criticism
B Popular music United States Religious aspects
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Summary:In this cultural history of evangelical Christianity and popular music, David Stowe demonstrates how mainstream rock of the 1960s and 1970s has influenced conservative evangelical Christianity through the development of Christian pop music. For an earlier generation, the idea of combining conservative Christianity with rock--and its connotations of nonreligious, if not antireligious, attitudes--may have seemed impossible. Today, however, Christian rock and pop comprises the music of worship for millions of Christians in the United States, with recordings outselling classical, jazz, and New Age music combined. Shining a light on many of the artists and businesspeople key to the development of Christian rock, Stowe shows how evangelicals adapted rock and pop in ways that have significantly affected their religion's identity and practices. The chart-topping, spiritually inflected music created a space in popular culture for talk of Jesus, God, and Christianity, thus lessening for baby boomers and their children the stigma associated with religion while helping to fill churches and create new modes of worship. Stowe argues that, in the four decades since the Rolling Stones first unleashed their hit song "Sympathy for the Devil," the increasing acceptance of Christian pop music by evangelicals ultimately has reinforced a variety of conservative cultural, economic, theological, and political messages. - Publisher
Item Description:Formerly CIP Uk. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-283) and index. - Jesus on the beach -- Jesus on Broadway -- Godstock -- Soul on Christ -- Hollywood's gospel road -- Let's get married -- Shock absorbers -- Year of the evangelical -- Crises of confidence -- Last days. - Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
ISBN:1469606879