Religious Popular Music: Between the Instrumental, Transcendent and Transgressive

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...

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VerfasserInnen: Kahn-Harris, Keith 1971- (VerfasserIn) ; Moberg, Marcus 1978- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: [publisher not identified] 2012
In: Temenos
Jahr: 2012, Band: 48, Heft: 1, Seiten: 87-106
weitere Schlagwörter:B Contemporary Christian music
B Religious Experience
B Instrumentalism
B Transcendence
B contemporary Jewish music
B Transgression
B Religion and Popular Music
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2342-7256
Enthält:Enthalten in: Temenos
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.33356/temenos.6948