Christianity and Heavy Metal As Impure Sacred Within the Secular West - Transgressing the Sacred

This book explores the symbolic relationship between Christianity and heavy metal music as forms of cultural critique. By focusing on death, sacrifice, and the mystical side of human life, both Christianity and heavy metal challenge oppressive forms of ideology within Western culture.

List of contents

Introduction: Finding God in the Dark
Chapter 1: Over the Hills and Far Away: The Mythology of Heavy Metal
Chapter 2: The Beautiful People: Heavy Metal as Ideological Transgression
Chapter 3: Into the Void: Heavy Metal as Cultural Tactic
Chapter 4: God is Dead: The Christ Event as Impure Sacred
Chapter 5: Why Have You Forsaken Me?: The Subversive Christian Core of Heavy Metal

About the author

Jason Lief teaches in the Religion Department at Northwestern College.

Summary

This book explores the symbolic relationship between Christianity and heavy metal music as forms of cultural critique. By focusing on death, sacrifice, and the mystical side of human life, both Christianity and heavy metal challenge oppressive forms of ideology within Western culture.

Product details

• Authors: Jason Lief
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781498506328
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-0632-8
• No. of pages: 142
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Music, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social groups, Social & cultural anthropology, Popular Music, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Metal, Heavy Metal