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Gray sabbath : Jesus people USA, evangelical left, and the evolution of Christian Rock

Title
Gray sabbath : Jesus people USA, evangelical left, and the evolution of Christian Rock / Shawn David Young.
Author
Young, Shawn David.
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]

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Description
xii, 315 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Formed in 1972, Jesus People USA is an evangelical Christian community that fundamentally transformed the American Christian music industry and the practice of American evangelicalism, which continues to evolve under its influence. In this fascinating ethnographic study, Shawn David Young replays not only the growth and influence of the group over the past three decades but also the left-leaning politics it developed that continue to serve as a catalyst for change. Jesus People USA established a still-thriving Christian commune in downtown Chicago and a ground-breaking music festival that redefined the American Christian rock industry. Rather than join "establishment" evangelicalism and participate in what would become the megachurch movement, this community adopted a modified socialism and embraced forms of activism commonly associated with the New Left. Today the ideological tolerance of Jesus People USA aligns them closer to liberalism than to the religious right, and Young studies the embodiment of this liminality and its challenge to mainstream evangelical belief. He suggests the survival of this group is linked to a growing disenchantment with the separation of public and private, individual and community, and finds echoes of this postmodern faith deep within the evangelical subculture. -- Amazon.com.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The largest American commune -- The blessing and curse of community -- Big shoulders, big history: why Chicago? -- Theology, politics, and culture -- The Christian woodstock: -- The future: ex-members, second generation, and social dynamics -- Conclusion.
Call Number
JNE 15-116
ISBN
  • 9780231172387
  • 0231172389
  • 9780231172394
  • 0231172397
LCCN
  • 2014045628
  • 40025139205
OCLC
900031475
Author
Young, Shawn David.
Title
Gray sabbath : Jesus people USA, evangelical left, and the evolution of Christian Rock / Shawn David Young.
Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1900 - 1999
Other Standard Identifier
40025139205
Research Call Number
JNE 15-116
JFE 15-6084
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