Devil's Music: How Christians Inspired, Condemned, and Embraced Rock 'n' Roll

by Randall J. Stephens

When rock 'n' roll emerged in the 1950s, ministers denounced it from their pulpits and Sunday school teachers warned of the music's demonic origins. The big beat, said Billy Graham, was "ever working in the world for evil." Yet by the early 2000s Christian rock had become a billion-dollar industry. The Devil's Music tells the story of this transformation.

Rock's origins lie in part with the energetic Southern Pentecostal churches...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674980840
• ISBN13: 9780674980846
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.5"