Religion and Popular Music jrfm

• Main Author: Natalie Fritz (auth)
• Other Authors: Lavinia Pflugfelder (auth), Simon Philipp Born (auth), Sofia Sjö (auth), Reinhard Kopanski (auth), Anna-Katharina Höpflinger (auth), Andre L. Price (auth), Angela Sue Sawyer (auth), Jade Weimer (auth), Eva Meienberg (auth), Yannick Schlote (auth), Katharina Luise Merkert (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Schüren Verlag 2020
• Series: Journal for Religion, Film and Media
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The interactions between popular music and religion are manyfold and highly complex. Popular music as an important part of popular culture is a means of communication. Music can transmit not only emotions and a sense of community but also religious knowledge, knowledge that leaves diverse traces in...