Jesus and Metal Music Don't Mix?: The Controversy over the Metal Mass' in Finland
In 2006, a Metal Mass—a regular Lutheran mass with accompanying metal music—was celebrated in Helsinki and created a controversy on several online forums. On the one hand, the focus was the appropriateness of metal music in the context of a Christian mass. On the other hand, the issue at stake was t...
| Published in: | Journal of religion in Europe |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Journal of religion in Europe
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko
/ Mass
/ Heavy metal
/ Controversy
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia RC Liturgy RD Hymnology |
| Further subjects: | B
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
B Discourse B Finland B Christianity B Controversy B metal music |
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| Summary: | In 2006, a Metal Mass—a regular Lutheran mass with accompanying metal music—was celebrated in Helsinki and created a controversy on several online forums. On the one hand, the focus was the appropriateness of metal music in the context of a Christian mass. On the other hand, the issue at stake was the appropriateness of Christianity in the context of metal music and culture. In this article, we concentrate on how the controversy over the boundaries of good' religion is constructed in discourse about the appropriateness of metal music in the context of a national church and its services. We argue that the controversy over the Metal Mass is a case of broader negotiation between the function and performance of religious actors in contemporary Finland, yet when it happens within a secularized context, the temporarily full pews turn out to be an anomaly rather than a sign of revival. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8929 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748929-01201002 |