Body piercing saved my life : inside the phenomenon of Christian rock /

Beaujon, Andrew.

Body piercing saved my life : inside the phenomenon of Christian rock / Andrew Beaujon. - Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2006. - ix, 291 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-276) and index.

I swear -- No more LSD for me (I met the man from Galilee) -- Christian rock lifers #1: Doug Van Pelt -- More than just a song -- The baffled king composing hallelujah -- Christian rock lifers #2 : Steve Taylor -- Clarity -- Drinking blood out of skulls, living high in the kingdom of death, and a new way to be Christian -- Christian rock lifers #3 : Jay Swartzendruber -- Salt and Light, Inc. -- If we are the body -- Christian rock lifers #4 : Bill Hearn -- Black and white in a gray world -- Christian rock lifers #5 : Mark Salomon -- To be mad for my king -- Just like heaven.

A chronicle of modern-day Christian rock music profiles some of the most successful Christian rock bands and looks at the subculture that they have spawned, including extreme teen Bibles, skateboarding ministries, and nightclubs.

9780306814570 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0306814579 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2006006254


Christian rock music--History and criticism.
Rock music--Religious aspects--Christianity.

ML 3187.5 / .B43 2006