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An Introduction to Religion and Religious Themes in Rock Music.
Olson produces a case study in creative pedagogy that incorporates popular culture into religious studies. Utilizing rock music to discuss religious themes provides a new and unique approach to theological topics. The book does not only focus on overtly religious rock music but rather posits that ly...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lewiston :
Edwin Mellen Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction
- Historical Venom of Rock Critics
- Social and Historical Context of Rock Music
- Characteristics of Rock `N' Roll
- Rock Music, Popular Culture, and Religion
- Three Goals
- ch. 2 Human Situation
- Characterizations of the World
- Within the Confines of Loneliness
- Boredom, Angst, Fear, and Despair
- Being in Captivity
- Religious Problems
- Responses to the Human Situation
- Concluding Remarks
- ch. 3 Self, Other and God
- Cry of the Self
- Other and the Life of Dialogue
- Authentic and Inauthentic Self
- Dialogue and the Eternal Thou
- Concluding Remarks
- ch. 4 Faith and Love
- River of Faith
- Journey of Faith
- Friendly Kind of Love
- Passionate Love
- Highest Love
- Concluding Remarks
- ch. 5 Supernatural Beings
- God Alive and Dead
- Critical Perspectives on God
- ^ Dark Side of the Supernatural
- Goddess
- Metaphorical Goddess of Rock `N' Roll
- Concluding Remarks
- ch. 6 Jesus, Superstar, Clown, and Antichrist
- Becoming Contemporary with Jesus
- Jesus the Superstar
- Jesus the Clown
- Significance of the Clown
- Jesus as Mother and Rebel
- Rock Antichrist
- Path of Salvation and Visions of Unity
- Concluding Remarks
- ch. 7 Time and Death
- Terror of History
- Encounter with Death
- Suicide, War, and Murder
- Death of the Famous and Not so Famous
- Human Responses to Death
- Memory, Love and Death
- Concluding Remarks
- ch. 8 Eschatological Themes
- End of Time
- Earthly Paradise
- Interior Paradise
- Search for a Transcendent Paradise
- Concluding Remarks
- ch. 9 Prophetic Thread
- Issues of War and Peace
- Socio-Economic Issues
- Issues of Violence
- Issues of Racism and Ecology
- ^ Issues of Religion
- Concluding Remarks
- ch. 10 Is Rock Music a Religion?
- Ritual Activity.