| Summary: | Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction Mike Dines and Georgina Gregory -- 1 Beatified Beats, Ritualized Rhymes: Intersections of the Popular and the Sacred in Music Antti-Ville Kärjä -- Part One Personal Spirituality -- 2 Leonard Cohen, the 'Sufi' Mystic Jiří Měsíc -- 3 Hank and Jesus: The Integral Roles of Religion and the History of Country Music in the Lives and Careers of Contemporary Country Artists Gillian Kelly -- 4 Above the Clouds: Discourses of the Spiritual and the Religious in the Lyrics of Paul Weller Paul Spicer -- Part Two Christianity -- 5 'Embracing the Divine Chaos': Transcending the Sacred-Secular Divide in the 1990s British Rave Church Movement Lucy Robinson and Chris Warne -- 6 Pop Goes to Church: Pentacostal Evangelism and 'Chav' Christianity Georgina Gregory -- 7 'The Time Has Come, Exodus!': Congo Natty and the Jungle (R)evolution Shara Rambarran -- 8 'Between Hipsters and God There is Sufjan Stevens': Sufjan Stevens and His Fans Katelyn Medic -- Part Three Alternative Religions -- 9 'Save My Soul From the Poisons of This World': Straight Edge Punk and Religious Re-Enchantment Francis Stewart -- 10 'Message From Thee Temple': Magick, Occultism, Mysticism and Psychic Tv Mike Dines and Matt Grimes -- 11 I am God! The Transference of Musical Fandom as Religion to Worshipping the Self Javier Campos Calvo-Sotelo -- Index.
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