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Gray Sabbath

Jesus People USA, Evangelical Left, and the Evolution of Christian Rock [Paperback]

by Shawn Young

    • Author

      Shawn Young

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Columbia University Press

    • Published

      September 2015

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      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.

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      • Author

        Shawn Young

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Columbia University Press

      • Published

        September 2015

      • Weight

        432g

      • Page Count

        336

      • Dimensions

        150 x 227 x 16 mm

      • ISBN

        9780231172394

      • ISBN-10

        0231172397

      • Eden Code

        4314239

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      • Author/Creator: Shawn Young

      • ISBN: 9780231172394

      • Publisher: Columbia University Press

      • Release Date: September 2015

      • Weight: 432g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 227 x 16 mm

      • Eden Code: 4314239


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