Traces of the Spirit: The Religious Dimensions of Popular Music

by Robin Sylvan

"Sylvan's thesis furnishes far more of the same valued experiences than is usually realized: ritual activity, communal ceremony, a philosophy and worldview, a code for living one's life, a cultural identity, a social structure, a sense of belonging, and crucially, Sylvan argues encounters with the numinous."
--Journal of Religion
Most studies of the religious significance of popular music focus on music lyrics, offering little insight...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081479808X
• ISBN13: 9780814798089
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"