Jason Lief

Christianity and Heavy Metal as Impure Sacred within the Secular West

Transgressing the Sacred

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 367g
• ISBN-13: 9781498506328
• ISBN-10: 1498506321
• Artikelnr.: 48141247

Autorenporträt

By Jason Lief

Inhaltsangabe

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