Christian Metal: History, Ideology, Scene (Bloomsbury by Marcus Moberg

By Marcus Moberg

Christian steel has consistently outlined itself unlike its non-Christian, secular counterpart, but it stands proud from approximately all different kinds of latest Christian tune via its unreserved use of metal's major musical, visible, and aesthetic qualities. Christian steel is an extraordinary instance of an immediate blend among evangelical Christianity and an competitive and hugely arguable type of renowned track and its tradition.

Christian steel: historical past, Ideology, Scene is the 1st complete exploration of the phenomenon of Christian steel tune, its historical past, major features, improvement, diversification, and key ideological qualities from its early life within the early Eighties to the current day. Marcus Moberg situates it in a much wider overseas evangelical cultural surroundings, debts for its diffusion on a transnational scale, and explores what spiritual meanings and features Christian steel holds for its personal musicians and fans. attractive with wider debates on faith, media and pop culture, Christian steel: background, Ideology and Scene is a much-needed source within the examine of faith and well known music.

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