waiting breathlessly for the hallelujah that may or may not follow...
body piercing saved my life; inside the phenomenon of christian rock.
by andrew beaujon
i just finished this gem of a book and as soon as i could get to the library to blog about it i did so that all of you will go buy this book! it is a nonchristians view on christian music, unbiased and only feels a bit scathing because you realize that you have played a part or commited some of the attrocities mentioned in this book. andrew points out that music is like the city square of culture and so i really feel like there is more than just a music review here. this could also be because he talks about a couple chruchs and parachurch organizations.
i think that andrewcovers so many parts of christian music and really is interested in understanding it that you find yourself loving the people he loves and getting angry at the people who wont call him back or are rude to him. maybe the most cutting part of the book is at the end of the GMAs when david bazan is acosted by an angry fan who just needed to confront him about how his music was offensive. andrew says that he doent understand why if the guy is offended he just doesnt listen and tw walsh a member of bazans band says your not a christian.
i see so many things about this book that andrew nailed how christians are always on the defensive because we feel persecuted, which he replies that being called names and being made fun of hardly compare to being nailed to a tree, stoned, or burned at a stake. he also points out how this persecution brings out the war rhetoric which makes us ever ready to defend and fight no matter what the cost. i think there is a point to standing up for what you believe but sometimes i guess its just best to realize there are over 6 billion people in the world and we all think that our ideas and oinions are the best and right.
when i read the section on rock for life i cringed, i have never understood how holding a sign could change someones mind but in his book he tells about one of the guys who became pro-life because of a sign holder. i guess i just think offending people is probably the worst way to try and get them to agree with you.
what i think is amazing is that andrew at the end of the book when he is evaluating what he has taken from the experience talks about his world view and it seems that he might know a bit more about living like christ than a lot of people who attend church. he doesnt believe in God and he threw himself into this culture and he found positive things and he liked some aspects of it which is shocking and hard to figure out. i think though that this is because in one of the early chapters when he is talking to david bazan he says sometimes the only way to get past this culture is to become a little cynical.
go read this book most people who have read it that i know have finished it in two sittings at least. its an easy read and very entertaining.
also you should listen to margot and the nuclear so and so's, its amazing.
by andrew beaujon
i just finished this gem of a book and as soon as i could get to the library to blog about it i did so that all of you will go buy this book! it is a nonchristians view on christian music, unbiased and only feels a bit scathing because you realize that you have played a part or commited some of the attrocities mentioned in this book. andrew points out that music is like the city square of culture and so i really feel like there is more than just a music review here. this could also be because he talks about a couple chruchs and parachurch organizations.
i think that andrewcovers so many parts of christian music and really is interested in understanding it that you find yourself loving the people he loves and getting angry at the people who wont call him back or are rude to him. maybe the most cutting part of the book is at the end of the GMAs when david bazan is acosted by an angry fan who just needed to confront him about how his music was offensive. andrew says that he doent understand why if the guy is offended he just doesnt listen and tw walsh a member of bazans band says your not a christian.
i see so many things about this book that andrew nailed how christians are always on the defensive because we feel persecuted, which he replies that being called names and being made fun of hardly compare to being nailed to a tree, stoned, or burned at a stake. he also points out how this persecution brings out the war rhetoric which makes us ever ready to defend and fight no matter what the cost. i think there is a point to standing up for what you believe but sometimes i guess its just best to realize there are over 6 billion people in the world and we all think that our ideas and oinions are the best and right.
when i read the section on rock for life i cringed, i have never understood how holding a sign could change someones mind but in his book he tells about one of the guys who became pro-life because of a sign holder. i guess i just think offending people is probably the worst way to try and get them to agree with you.
what i think is amazing is that andrew at the end of the book when he is evaluating what he has taken from the experience talks about his world view and it seems that he might know a bit more about living like christ than a lot of people who attend church. he doesnt believe in God and he threw himself into this culture and he found positive things and he liked some aspects of it which is shocking and hard to figure out. i think though that this is because in one of the early chapters when he is talking to david bazan he says sometimes the only way to get past this culture is to become a little cynical.
go read this book most people who have read it that i know have finished it in two sittings at least. its an easy read and very entertaining.
also you should listen to margot and the nuclear so and so's, its amazing.
posted by fountainstylerootbeer at 11:27 AM
1 Comments:
Hmmm...There are so many books I want to read and I just haven't done it. That's it, I choose TV over books. Man, I'm an idiot! I hope you're well. I thought of you yesterday because I saw something that I thought you would truly enjoy but now I can't remember what it was.
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