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Religion and Popular Music in Europe: New Expressions of Sacred and Secular Identity
Thomas Bossius
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Description for Religion and Popular Music in Europe: New Expressions of Sacred and Secular Identity
Hardback. Focusing on Christianity, Judaism, Islam and New Religious Movements, the book explores such topics as Norwegian Black Metal and Neo-paganism, contemporary Jewish Music in the UK, the French hip hop scene, the musical thinking of Muslim convert Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam and European dance music culture. Editor(s): Bossius, Thomas; Hager, Andreas; Kahn-Harris, Keith. Series: Library of Modern Religion. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AVGD; HRAX; HRLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 502.
Music and religion have, throughout history, walked hand in hand. In the rites and rituals of small tribal religions, great world religions, and more recent New-Age and neo-heathen movements, different kinds of music have been used to celebrate the gods, express belief and help believers get in contact with the divine. This innovative book focuses on how mainstream and counter-cultural groups use religion and music to negotiate the challenges of modernisation and globalisation in the European context: a region under-explored by existing literature on the subject. With its internal ethnic diversity, ever-expanding borders and increasing differentiation, Europe has undergone massive ... Read more
Music and religion have, throughout history, walked hand in hand. In the rites and rituals of small tribal religions, great world religions, and more recent New-Age and neo-heathen movements, different kinds of music have been used to celebrate the gods, express belief and help believers get in contact with the divine. This innovative book focuses on how mainstream and counter-cultural groups use religion and music to negotiate the challenges of modernisation and globalisation in the European context: a region under-explored by existing literature on the subject. With its internal ethnic diversity, ever-expanding borders and increasing differentiation, Europe has undergone massive ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
Library of Modern Religion
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848858091
SKU
V9781848858091
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About Thomas Bossius
Thomas Bossius is Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Gothenburg. Andreas Hager is Docent in Sociology of Religion at Abo Akademi University, Turku. Keith Kahn-Harris is a Research Associate at the Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths College, London, and author of Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge (2006).
Reviews for Religion and Popular Music in Europe: New Expressions of Sacred and Secular Identity
'Within the growing literature on religion, media and culture, comparatively little attention has been given to popular music, and even less to the ways in which religious groups use popular music to re-negotiate their traditions in the modern world. Drawing on a wide range of well-informed case studies, 'Religion and Popular Music in Europe' helps to address this gap, and ... Read more