Christian churches and groups within Anglo-American contexts have
increasingly used popular music as a way to connect with young
people. This book investigates the relationships between
evangelical Christianity and popular music, focusing particularly
on electronic dance music in the last twenty years. Author Stella
Lau illustrates how electronic dance music is legitimized in
evangelical activities by Christians' discourses, and how the
discourses challenge the divide between the 'secular' and the
'sacred' in the Western culture. Unlike other existing books on the
relationships between music cultures and religion, which
predominantly discuss the cultural implications of such phenomenon,
Popular Music in Evangelical Youth Culture examines the notion of
'spirituality' in contemporary popular electronic dance music.
Lau's emphasis on the sonic qualities of electronic dance music
opens the door for future research about the relationships between
aural properties of electronic dance music and religious
discourses. With three case studies conducted in the cultural hubs
of electronic dance music - Bristol, Ibiza and New York - the
monograph can also be used as a guidebook for ethnographic research
in popular music.
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