Christian Metal: History, Ideology, Scene (Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Popular Music) - Softcover

Marcus Moberg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472579836 ISBN 13: 9781472579836

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015

Synopsis

Christian metal has always defined itself in contrast to its non-Christian, secular counterpart, yet it stands out from nearly all other forms of contemporary Christian music through its unreserved use of metals main musical, visual, and aesthetic traits. Christian metal is a rare example of a direct combination between evangelical Christianity and an aggressive and highly controversial form of popular music and its culture.

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Review:

"For his text Christian Metal: History, Ideology, Scene, Marcus Moberg has a hard row to hoe, because of the obscurity of Christian metal, and the minimal respect the genre receives, but it's to his credit that he scours the world and the internet in search of this disrespected, neglected musical style. ... Christian Metal is an interesting and necessary look into a musical scene that has been ignored, misunderstood, and misaligned. Kudos to Moberg for undertaking what surely was a daunting task, resulting in a fascinating document about the history and culture of Christian Metal." --Joseph Kyle, The Recoup

..".Marcus Moberg's Christian Metal provides a valuable and helpful starting point for scholarship on the phenomenon of Christian metal music specifically, and it furthers our understanding of evangelical popular culture more broadly." - Reading Religion

About the Author:

Marcus Moberg is a senior researcher and formerly held the position of Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Religion at Abo Akademi University in Turku, Finland. His research interests include the sociology of religion, religion and consumer culture, and religion, media and culture studies. He has published widely on Christian metal and contemporary intersections of religion, media and popular culture.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1472579836
• ISBN 13: 9781472579836
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200