Religion and Popular Music in Europe - New Expressions of Sacred and Secular Identity (Hardcover)

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 modernization and globalization 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 dislocation in recent years. The authors show that, in the midst of such change, rock, pop, and dance music may in their various forms be used by their practitioners as resources for new kinds of spiritual and religious identification, even as these forms are used as symbols of the deficiencies of secular society. 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. It offers an ideal introduction to leading-edge thinking at the exciting interface of "music and religion."

General

Imprint:	I.B. Tauris
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	July 2011
Editors:	Thomas Bossius • Andreas Hager • Keith Kahn-Harris
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-1-84885-809-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Worship > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion Books > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music Promotions
LSN:	1-84885-809-4
Barcode:	9781848858091

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