Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This landmark study of Christian music in the United States offers both resonances and challenges to those in the field of religious studies." * Religion *
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Playlists
Introduction: Popular Music, Markets, Margins, and the Curious Case of Christian Music
PART ONE. CHRISTIAN MUSIC: AN INDUSTRY AND ITS HISTORY
1 "Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?" The Christian Market's Origins
2
The Great Adventure: Commercial Success in the Christian Record Industry and the Price of Profit
3
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing? Christian Ethics Encounter Rock
4 "Find a Way": Amy Grant and the Christian Market's Mainstream
PART TWO. NICHE MUSIC MARKETS: ETHICS, PROFITS, AND RISK
5
Music to Raise the Dead: Christian Music and the Ethics of Style
6
Lost in the Sound of Separation: Resistance at Christian Music Festivals
7 From Margins to Mainstreams and Back: Crossover Cases and Their Markets
Conclusion: The Stability of Risk and the Risk of Stability
Appendix 1. Discographies
Appendix 2. Pop Singles with Christian References (1957–70)
Appendix 3. Major Christian Record Labels and Subsidiaries
Appendix 4. Successful 1990s-Era Pop Singers' Albums
Notes
Bibliography
Index
