The Devil’s Music : : How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock ’n’ Roll / / Randall J. Stephens.
When rock ’n’ roll emerged in the 1950s, ministers denounced it from their pulpits and Sunday school teachers warned of the music’s demonic origins. The big beat, said Billy Graham, was “ever working in the world for evil.” Yet by the early 2000s Christian rock had become a billion-dollar industry....
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| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Introduction
- 1. Pentecostalism and Rock ’n’ Roll in the 1950s
- 2. Race, Religion, and Rock ’n’ Roll
- 3. The Beatles, Christianity, and the Conservative Backlash
- 4. The Advent of Jesus Rock
- 5. The Fundamentalist Reaction to Christian Rock
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index