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This book explores the symbolic connections between Christianity
and Heavy Metal music in the context of the secular West. Heavy
Metal uses symbols and imagery taken from Christianity, even if the
purpose is to critique religion. This usage creates a positive
connection with an interpretation of Christianity as a form of
cultural critique. Given that Metal and Christianity are associated
with Western culture, this book explores how Christianity and Heavy
Metal function within the context of secularity as a form of
ideological critique. Using the ideas of Emile Durkheim, Max Weber,
and Charles Taylor as a starting point, this book explores the
religious nature of secularism in the West interpreted in the
immanent processes of politics and economics. In this connect, both
Christianity and Heavy Metal provide a cultural critique through
images of death, the grotesque, and sacrifice. By bringing this
religious interpretation of secularism into conversation with the
ideas of Georges Batailles, Slavoj Zizek, and Jurgen Moltmann, this
book will demonstrate the positive relationship between
Christianity and Heavy Metal.
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