|
Christian pop culture (or Christian popular culture), is the vernacular Christian culture that prevails in any given society. The content of popular culture is determined by the daily interactions, needs and desires, and cultural 'movements' that make up everyday lives of Christians. It can include any number of practices, including those pertaining to cooking, clothing, mass media and the many facets of entertainment such as sports and literature. Look up Vernacular in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning to cultivate), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ...
Young people interacting within an ethnically diverse society. ...
This article is about the religous people known as Christians. ...
A stilt-walker entertaining shoppers at a shopping centre in Swindon, England Entertainment is an event, performance, or activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although, for example, in the case of a computer game the audience may be only one person). ...
Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ...
Culture, as a way of defining one's self, needs to attract people's interest and persuade them to invest a part of themselves in it. People like to feel a part of a tribe and understand their identity within that tribe. This works well in small communities and people feel needed and special in their small world. Mass culture however lets people define themselves in relation to everybody else in mass society. In a sense it 'makes the ball park a lot bigger' and we have to fight harder to find and keep our identity.
20th and 21st century Christian popular culture
In modern urban mass societies, Christian pop culture has been crucially shaped by the development of industrial mass production, the introduction of new technologies of sound and image broadcasting and recording, and the growth of mass media industries -- the film, broadcast radio and television, and the book publishing industries, as well as the print and electronic news media. Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardised products on production lines. ...
This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...
The word broadcast can refer to: Broadcasting, the transmission of audio and video signals. ...
Unlike pop culture, the transition from traditional Christian culture to the more modern Christian pop culture has been slower, evident in the popularity of the more traditional Anglican and Catholic Churches over Pentecostal and Megachurches. Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ...
A tradition is a story or a custom that is memorized and passed down from generation to generation, originally without the need for a writing system. ...
The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ...
The Pentecostal movement within Protestant Christianity places special emphasis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. ...
The interior of Rev. ...
Items of Christian pop culture most typically appeal to a broad spectrum of Christians. Some argue that broad-appeal items dominate Christian pop culture because profit-making Christian companies that produce and sell items of Christian pop culture attempt to maximize their profits by emphasizing broadly appealing items. (see culture industry) And yet the situation is more complex. To take the example of Christian pop music, it is not the case that the music industry can impose any product they wish. In fact, highly popular types of music have often first been elaborated in small, counter-cultural circles such as Christian punk rock or Christian rap. The term culture industry was coined by Theodor Adorno (1903-1969) and Max Horkheimer (1895-1973). ...
Upon This Rock, Larry Norman (1969) Contemporary Christian Music (CCM), or Christian pop/rock music, is a sub-genre of Christian music. ...
Christian punk is a form of Christian alternative music and a subgenre of punk rock played by bands where the musicians are openly Christian, their lyrics reflect their faith and they see their audience as the general public The extent that their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands. ...
Christian rap (originally gospel rap, but also known as holy hip hop, or Christian hip-hop) is a form of rap music that uses Christian-themed lyrics to express the songwriters faith. ...
Origins Christian pop culture has multiple origins. A principal source is the set of industries that make profit by inventing and promulgating cultural material. These include the Christian pop music, film, television, radio, video game, and book and comic book publishing industries. Category: ...
Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...
Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ...
A chained book in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University A Chinese bamboo book, in a collection at the University of California, Riverside. ...
A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...
This article is concerned with the production of books, magazines, and other literary material (whether in printed or electronic formats). ...
A different source of Christian pop culture is the set of professional communities that provide the public with facts about the world, frequently accompanied by interpretation. These include the news media, and scientific and scholarly communities. The work of scientists and scholars is mined by the news media and conveyed to the general public, often emphasizing "factoids" that have inherent appeal or the power to amaze. News media satellite up-link trucks and photojournalists gathered outside the Prudential Financial headquarters in Newark, New Jersey in August, 2004 following the announcement of evidence of a terrorist threat to it and to buildings in New York City. ...
Another source of Christian pop culture which makes it differ from pop culture is the influence from mega churches. Christian pop culture reflects the current popularity of megachurches, but also the uniting of smaller community churches. The culture has been led by Hillsong Church in particular, which resides in many countries including Australia, France, and the United Kingdom. The interior of Rev. ...
Hillsong Church (formerly Hills Christian Life Centre) is a Pentecostal Christian church. ...
Because the Christian pop industry is significantly smaller than the secular pop industry, a few organizations and companies dominate the market and have a strong influence over what is dominatant within the industry.
In Australia, for example, the AGMF Awards and GMA Music Awards dominates the music award market, The Reality Zone for Christian radio, and Koorong, Word for books. AGMF 06. ...
The GMA Music Awards, formerly the Dove Awards, were created in 1969 by the Gospel Music Association to honor the outstanding achievements in contemporary Christian and gospel music. ...
The Reality Zone (also known as TRZ) is a Christian radio program casted from Australia all around the world on more than 130 radio stations, making it one of the most widely syndicated radio programs in Australia and the world. ...
Koorong logo Koorong is a Christian bookstore chain operating across Australia. ...
A word is a unit of language that carries meaning and consists of one or more morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together, and has a phonetical value. ...
Criticism Christian pop culture, being so widely available, has been opened to much criticism. One charge is that Christian pop culture tends to be superficial, a lot like pop culture. Cultural items that require extensive experience, training, or reflection to be appreciated seldom become items of popular culture. Another claims that Christian pop culture is rooted more in sensationalism than reality. Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ...
Sensationalism is a manner of being extremely controversial, loud, attention-grabbing, or otherwise sensationalistic. ...
Within Christianity is often criticized for being too secular. It is often seen as being too pushed by corporations to produce public consumerism, despite internal claims that it is based upon spirtuality. A corporation (usually known in the United Kingdom and Ireland as a company) is a legal entity (distinct from a natural person) that often has similar rights in law to those of a Civil law systems may refer to corporations as moral persons; they may also go by the name...
It has been suggested that affluenza and anti-consumerism be merged into this article or section. ...
See Also Christian pop rock is a sub-genre of Christian pop and combines the elements of both Christian pop and Christian rock. ...
Upon This Rock, Larry Norman (1969) Contemporary Christian Music (CCM), or Christian pop/rock music, is a sub-genre of Christian music. ...
Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM) is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. ...
Hillsong Church, with a congregation of over 15,000 on an average weekend, is likely the largest Christian church in Australia. ...
Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ...
The GMA Music Awards, formerly the Dove Awards, were created in 1969 by the Gospel Music Association to honor the outstanding achievements in contemporary Christian and gospel music. ...
Koorong logo Koorong is a Christian bookstore chain operating across Australia. ...
The Word bookstore is a chain of sixteen Christian bookstores in Australia, plus telephone, internet and mail order. ...
External Links |
Feeds |
Contact