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The Rock & Roll Rebellion
Author: Mark Joseph
Publishers: Broadman, Holdman
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Length: 316 pages |
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In Roaring Lambs,
Bob Briner issued a clear call for Christians to reclaim culture by joining
it rather than running from or boycotting it. In this book, Mark Joseph
takes a very opinionated but thought-provoking view that by creating a
separate marketing category for Christian music we have "ghettoized" the
genre to our detriment as well as the general culture's. Joseph liken's
it to the Negro Baseball League. He then presents a very interesting
discussion involving several groups from the standpoint of the artists
who are in the world (The Remnant), artists who left the world for CCM
(The Defectors), those who are only interested in playing for a Christian
audience (Out of the World's), and those who have crossed over to the secular
music world (The Rebels). Although I don't always agree with his classifications,
the book is apparently well researched but some of his conclusions regarding
specific artists seem a bit of a stretch. Nevertheless, CCM industry and
Christian artists as a whole would benefit from reading this book. Christians
can do much, much more by using their God-given talents to create beautiful
music that might impact the world instead sticking their heads in the sand.
Well worth the time!
Shari Lloyd 11/24/2000
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