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...

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Authors: Saurama, Anna (Author) ; Hjelm, Titus 1974- (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
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Publicado em: Brill [2019]
Em: Journal of religion in Europe
Ano: 2019, Volume: 12, Número: 1, Páginas: 27-48
(Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão:B Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko / Missa / Heavy Metal / Controvérsia
Classificações IxTheo:AG Vida religiosa
KBE Escandinávia
RC Liturgia
RD Hinologia
Outras palavras-chave:B Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
B Discourse
B Finland
B Christianity
B Controversy
B metal music
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Resumo: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.
ISSN:1874-8929
Obras secundárias:Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-01201002