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Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music is a book about Christian Rock written by Jay R. Howard and John M. Streck.

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Background

The book discusses Six Pence None the Richer's hit song "Kiss Me", which became popular outside of contemporary Christian music. [1] The book was published on August 27, 1999. [2] The book applies the categories that H. Richard Niebuhr established in Christ and Culture to contemporary Christian music. [3] The book also applies the concept of "art world" that Howard S. Becker established in his book Art Worlds. [4] The book discusses the start of Tooth & Nail Records. [5] The book also dicusses Larry Norman's album "Upon This Rock". [6] The book identifies three different types of Christian music: "Separational CCM", "Integrational CCM", and "Transformational CCM". [7] The book discusses how CCM emerged from the Jesus movement and Christian reactions to popular music. [8] The book discusses how Christian musicical artists differ on their opinion of how to approach the relationship of secular and Christian culture. [9] Tag Evers praised the book in Sojourners saying that the book "proves that not all writing about CCM has to be as disappointing as the genre itself." [10]

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  2. ↑ Van Campen, Todd (August 14, 1999). "Book: Pop Hits and Pop Theology". Lexington Herald-Leader . p. 31. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ Balmer, Randall (2000). "Review of 'Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music', by J. R. Howard & J. M. Streck". Church History . 69 (4). Cambridge University Press: 944–945. doi:10.2307/3169392. JSTOR   3169392. S2CID   162213620 . Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  4. ↑ Katz, David (2000). "Review of 'Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music', by J. R. Howard & J. M. Streck". Sociology of Religion . 61 (3). Oxford University Press: 341–343. doi:10.2307/3712585. JSTOR   3712585 . Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  5. ↑ Tsitsos, William (2000). "Review of 'Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music', by J. R. Howard & J. M. Streck". Contemporary Sociology . 29 (2). American Sociological Association: 388–390. doi:10.2307/2654426. JSTOR   2654426 . Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  6. ↑ Brown, Charles M. (2000). "Review of 'Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music', by J. R. Howard & J. M. Streck". Sociological Focus . 33 (2). Taylor & Francis: 239–240. doi:10.1080/00380237.2000.10571168. JSTOR   20832078. S2CID   161509563 . Retrieved May 18, 2023.
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