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# Listening to Popular Music: Christian Explorations of Daily Living (Compass) ↠ PDF Download by ^ Don H. Compier eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Listening to Popular Music: Christian Explorations of Daily Living (Compass) In exploring how musical styles have been received and resisted throughout Christian history" and critically engaging issues of commerce and social justice, he shows how attention to the situated spirituality of listening breaks down the supposed split between the "sacred" and the "secular" in contemporary Western culture.. Many Christians regularly enjoy listening to rock and roll, blues, country, and hip-hop while driving in the car, jogging, or relaxing in the den, and most would not censor l
| Title | : | Listening to Popular Music: Christian Explorations of Daily Living (Compass) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.80 (557 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0800698916 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-09 |
| Language | : | English |
"Wesley Brothers were not the last to use pop music to promote Christianity" according to A Reader. Brief book by a heavy duty theologian, but readable for the rest of us. Excellent discussion of the music that is a normal, almost un-noticed background in our daily environment. This is an important part of the general culture value system permeates the lives of most Christians in America. The author makes an interesting argument, with plenty of examples, that this popular music can be a lever to promote more Christian behavior.
In exploring how musical styles have been received and resisted throughout Christian history" and critically engaging issues of commerce and social justice, he shows how attention to the situated spirituality of listening breaks down the supposed split between the "sacred" and the "secular" in contemporary Western culture.. Many Christians regularly enjoy listening to rock and roll, blues, country, and hip-hop while driving in the car, jogging, or relaxing in the den, and most would not censor lyrical themes rarely found in "Christian music." Often we justify our practices by describing this guilty pleasure as just entertainment or relaxation, accepting the
Don H. His books include John Calvin's Rhetorical Doctrine of Sin (2001), What Is Rhetorical Theology? Textual Practice and Public Discourse (1999), and Empire and the Christian Tradition: New Reading of Classical Theologians, co-edited with Kwok Pui Lan and Joerg Rieger (Fortress Press, 2007). Compier is dean and professor of theology at Community of Christ Seminary at Graceland University, Independence, Missouri.
--James Perkinson, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit, Michigan . In Listening to Popular Music, Don Compier turns out a masterful conversation between popular culture music of our time and the mainstream Western theological tradition The result is an immensely readable foray into beats and steps, alongside the Word and words of crooners theological and musical, offering a mellifluous riff at the crossroads between popular creativity and venerable tradition
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