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No Sympathy for the Devil

Name: No Sympathy for the Devil
ISBN: 9781469606873

Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism

David W. Stowe

The University of North Carolina Press · 2013-02-01

No Sympathy for the Devil: Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism

Religion history christian music development

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Good for readers who enjoy Religion / Christian Church / History
Good for readers interested in history
Good for fans of Music

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Themes: History, Christian, Music.
Reading lane: Christian Church and Christian Theology.
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press.

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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. 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 shows how evangelicals' increasing acceptance of Christian pop music ultimately has reinforced a variety of conservative cultural, economic, theological, and political messages.