No Sympathy for the Devil
Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism
The University of North Carolina Press · Print & ebook · February 1, 2013
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A cultural history traces how 1960s and 1970s rock shaped evangelical Christian pop.
- Genres
- Contemporary Christian Music, Music History, Christian History
- Published
- The University of North Carolina Press, February 1, 2013
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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.
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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.
Rock Meets Evangelicalism
A cultural history traces how 1960s and 1970s rock shaped evangelical Christian pop.
Come here for
- How mainstream rock influenced evangelical Christianity through Christian pop
Expect
- How Christian pop helped fill churches
- How it helped create new modes of worship
Where it sits
| Christian History | 53% |
|---|---|
| Music History | 41% |
| Contemporary Christian Music | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Contemporary Christian Music
- Inspirational Christian Books
- Authors
- David W. Stowe
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Published
- February 1, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Contemporary Christian Music