Overview

Running to over 1,000-pages, and with over 1,900-entries, this is truly the definitive encyclopedia in its field. This fabulous book provides alphabetical listings of artists - both Christian and secular - associated with contemporary Christian music. They're all here! You'll read about miracles and scandals, about sacrifices and exploitation. You can trace the early gospel influences on some of rock and roll's biggest stars, find out what's happened to the 'has-beens', and much more.

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Author:   Mark Allan Powell
Publisher:   Hendrickson Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Hendrickson Publishers Inc
Edition:   Value Price ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 5.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.870kg
ISBN:  

9781565636798

ISBN 10:   1565636791
Pages:   1088
Publication Date:   01 June 2002
Recommended Age:   From 11 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Rolling Stone refers to Christian music as a parallel universe. That label rightly indicates that we are talking about a distinct world analogous to the realm of pop music in general. Contemporary Christian music encompasses a wide variety of styles and genres. There is Christian rock, but there is also Christian country, folk, new wave, punk, death metal, gangsta rap, and everything else imaginable... -from the Introduction

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"Mark Allan Powell has published articles on contemporary Christian music in ""Christian Century, Christianity Today, "" and ""Trinity Seminary Review."" He is frequently interviewed in print and over the airwaves concerning the proliferation of rock, rap, and other popular genres of Christian music. He is Professor of New Testament at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, and is the author of seventeen books, including the best-sellers ""Jesus as a Figure in History"" and ""Narrative Criticism: A New Approach to the Bible."""

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