Gray sabbath : Jesus People USA, Evangelical Left, and the evolution of christian rock / Shawn David Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Shawn David, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus People--United States.

Jesus People.

Evangelicalism--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.

Evangelicalism.

Christian rock music--United States.

Christian rock music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

In English.

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.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE LARGEST AMERICAN COMMUNE

3. THE BLESSING AND CURSE OF COMMUNITY

4. BIG SHOULDERS, BIG HISTORY: WHY CHICAGO?

5. THEOLOGY, POLITICS, AND CULTURE

6. THE CHRISTIAN WOODSTOCK: VERNACULAR RELIGION, INFLUENCE, AND CONFLICTING WORLDS

7. THE FUTURE: EX-MEMBERS, SECOND GENERATION, AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS

8. CONCLUSION

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231539562

0231539568

OCLC:

916952092