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Steven Félix-Jäger, With God on Our Side (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2017). x + 172 pp. $ 24.00 paperback.In 1972, Larry Norman wrote the lyrics to “Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music” for his album Only Visiting This Planet. In it, he questions why it is wrong to listen to rock’n’roll and grow his hair out long. His countercultural approach to the church’s understanding of what it meant to play “Christian” music is one that has reverberated through the decades that followed. In With God on Our Side: A Transformational Theology of Rock and Roll, Steven Félix-Jäger brings his own countercultural approach to theology. Félix-Jäger examines rock and roll through a theological lens, exploring the ways in which theology might inform our understanding of rock and roll, as well as how rock and roll might inform our understanding of theology and what it truly means to be “countercultural.”Félix-Jäger’s main argument is that as a genre, rock and roll is countercultural in that it speaks against the status quo of dominant culture. According to Félix-Jäger, rock music “is an artistic outlet that allows devotees the freedom to express religious and spiritual concerns about God in relation to
Pneuma – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2017
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