Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian RockBody Piercing Saved My Life is the first in-depth journalistic investigation into a subculture so large that it's erroneous to even call it a subculture: Christian rock. Christian rock culture is booming, not only with bands but with extreme teen Bibles, skateboarding ministries, Christian tattoo parlors, paintball parks, coffeehouses, and nightclubs,encouraging kids to form their own communities apart from the mainstream. Profiling such successful Christian rock bands as P.O.D., Switchfoot, Creed, Evanescence, and Sixpence None the Richer, as well as the phenomenally successful Seattle Christian record label Tooth & Nail, enormous Christian rock festivals, and more, Spin journalist Andrew Beaujon lifts the veil on a thriving scene that operates beneath the secular world's radar. Revealing, sympathetic, and groundbreaking, Body Piercing Saved My Life (named for a popular Christian rock T-shirt depicting Christ's wounds) is a fascinating look into the hearts and minds of an enormous, and growing, youth culture. |
Contents
No More LSD for Me I Met the Man from Galilee | 19 |
Doug Van Pelt | 45 |
Steve Taylor | 95 |
Kingdom of Death and a New Way to Be Christian | 115 |
Jay Swartzendruber | 139 |
Bill Hearn | 179 |
Mark Salomon | 217 |
Afterword | 269 |
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Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock Andrew Beaujon Limited preview - 2007 |
Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock Andrew Beaujon Limited preview - 2007 |
Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock Andrew Beaujon Limited preview - 2006 |
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