TY - JOUR
AU - Poletti Lundström, Tomas
AB - 134 SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION coherence of the volume, this results in God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History Female Faith Practice bringing the reader di- of Contemporary Christian Music, rectly within an ongoing and lively group by LEAH PAYNE. Oxford: Oxford conversation. Chapters echo and influence University Press, 2024, 256 pp.; one another, delving into common themes $29.95. and deepening their different aspects from a feminist perspective. The volume showcases the relevance of scholarly ex- “What will people think when they hear change and networking and of adopting a that I’m a Jesus Freak?” sang the pop-rap feminist approach to researching religion. trio DC Talk in their 1995 hit Jesus Freak. The third main strength of the volume It soon became an anthem for evangelical lies, in fact, in its empirical and theoret- youth worldwide. To paraphrase histo- ical contribution to the study of religious rian George Marsden: By the late 1990s, practices. The contributions focus on female an evangelical could be defined—in the practices across various religious milieus broadest sense—as someone who knew (including Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, that famous line from Jesus Freak. This Judaism, and spiritual movements) and underscores the importance and cen- cultural contexts, 
TI - God Gave Rock and Roll to You: A History of Contemporary Christian Music, by LEAH PAYNE
JF - Sociology of Religion
DO - 10.1093/socrel/srae008
DA - 2024-05-18
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/god-gave-rock-and-roll-to-you-a-history-of-contemporary-christian-0uA6Qulm5M
SP - 134
EP - 135
VL - 86
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -