RT Article
T1 Religious Popular Music: Between the Instrumental, Transcendent and Transgressive
JF Temenos
VO 48
IS 1
SP 87
OP 106
A1 Kahn-Harris, Keith 1971-
A1 Moberg, Marcus 1978-
LA English
PB [publisher not identified]
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/184709936X
AB The use of post-rock ‘n’ roll popular music genres by religious groups is accompanied by a notable ambiguity: Is religious popular music designed to be an instrumental tool for outreach/evangelism, or does it have an intrinsic value in summoning and exploring the transcendent? The article focuses on the previously rarely explored idea that the instrumental use of popular music in Christian and Jewish settings is often much more important than its transcendent qualities. The importance of the instrumental in Christian and Jewish popular music reveals itself in subtle and not-so-subtle signifiers and practices that point to an anxious desire to discipline music’s possible transgressive force.
K1 Contemporary Christian music
K1 contemporary Jewish music
K1 Instrumentalism
K1 Religion and Popular Music
K1 Religious Experience
K1 Transcendence
K1 Transgression
DO 10.33356/temenos.6948