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PublisherHarvard University Press
ISBN-100674980840
ISBN-139780674980846
eBay Product ID (ePID)240004237
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Book TitleDevil's Music : How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock 'N' Roll
Number of Pages344 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Christianity / History, Fundamentalism, Religious / Christian, Genres & Styles / Rock
Publication Year2018
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, Religion, History
AuthorRandall J. Stephens
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight20 oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
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LCCN2017-038288
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsAn admirably balanced, exhaustively researched, consistently engaging narrative of the complex and fraught relationship between conservative Christians and popular music in the United States., In this beautifully written, entertaining, and smart book, Stephens masterfully analyzes the religious roots of rock music, the evangelical response to the rise of rock music, and the ways in which evangelicals made rock music their own in recent decades., An engrossing story about American Christianity's long and ambivalent relationship with what Fats Domino dubbed 'the big beat.', Perhaps the most comprehensive history of Christian rock yet published. Armed with an astonishing array of archival material, from pamphlets to sermons to newspapers and magazines, Stephens blows through nearly 70 years of church, music, and cultural history...Revelatory., [A] beautifully written, well-researched book...What Stephens has provided is an extensively evidenced account of just how tetchy Christians--especially theologically and politically conservative Christians in the U.S.--have been about popular music, while also wanting to make use of it when necessary to promote their version of the faith., Stephens brilliantly explores the many enmities, ambiguities, adaptations, and constant braiding of rock music and conservative Christian youth culture as the electricity of rock music jolted and shocked parents and captivated teens and young adults. The fiercely fought battles over music, values, and taste were indeed proxy wars for the soul of the nation.
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal306.4/84260973
SynopsisRandall Stephens traces rock's inspiration to the Pentecostal churches where Elvis, Little Richard, and others worshipped. Faith, which served as a vehicle for whites' fears, led them to condemn the godless music of blacks and hippies. But in a reversal of strategy, evangelicals later embraced Christian rock as a way to project Jesus's message., When rock 'n' roll emerged in the 1950s, ministers denounced it from their pulpits and Sunday school teachers warned of the music's demonic origins. The big beat, said Billy Graham, was "ever working in the world for evil." Yet by the early 2000s Christian rock had become a billion-dollar industry. The Devil's Music tells the story of this transformation. Rock's origins lie in part with the energetic Southern Pentecostal churches where Elvis, Little Richard, James Brown, and other pioneers of the genre worshipped as children. Randall J. Stephens shows that the music, styles, and ideas of tongue-speaking churches powerfully influenced these early performers. As rock 'n' roll's popularity grew, white preachers tried to distance their flock from this "blasphemous jungle music," with little success. By the 1960s, Christian leaders feared the Beatles really were more popular than Jesus, as John Lennon claimed. Stephens argues that in the early days of rock 'n' roll, faith served as a vehicle for whites' racial fears. A decade later, evangelical Christians were at odds with the counterculture and the antiwar movement. By associating the music of blacks and hippies with godlessness, believers used their faith to justify racism and conservative politics. But in a reversal of strategy in the early 1970s, the same evangelicals embraced Christian rock as a way to express Jesus's message within their own religious community and project it into a secular world. In Stephens's compelling narrative, the result was a powerful fusion of conservatism and popular culture whose effects are still felt today.
LC Classification NumberML3921.8.R63S74 2018
