Christian Punk: Identity and Performance

Contents

• List of Figures Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Studying Christian Punk, Ibrahim Abraham (Australian National University)
• 1. Rebel with a Cross: The Development of an American Christian Youth Culture, Eileen Luhr (California State University, Long Beach)
• 2. "We're Not into Social Compliance": Sin and Prophetic Protest in Christian Punk, Eric Strother (Anderson University)
• 3. Fearless Men of God: Fighting Religious Stigma in Hardcore Punk, Amy D. McDowell (University of Mississippi)
• 4. Straight Edge Evangelicalism and DIY Spirituality, Ibrahim Abraham (Australian National University) and Francis Stewart (Bishop Grosseteste University)
• 5. "Grow a Beard and Be Somebody": Disavowal and Vector Space at Rocketown, Nashville, Joshua Kalin Busman (University of North Carolina at Pembroke)
• 6. "A Heterosexual Male Backlash": Punk Rock Christianity and Missional Living at Mars Hill Church, Seattle, Maren Haynes Marchesini (Carroll College)
• 7. Todd and Becky: Authenticity, Dissent, and Gender in Christian Punk and Metal, Nathan Myrick (Mercer University)
• 8. "Lift Each Other Up": Punk, Politics, and Secularization at Christian Festivals, Andrew Mall (Northeastern University)
• 9. Christian Punk in (Post)secular Perspectives, Ibrahim Abraham (Australian National University)
• 10. Blasphemy, Conversion, and Liberation: "Christian" "Punk" in Theological Perspective, Michael J. Iafrate (University of Toronto) Conclusion: Performing Christian Punk Identity, Ibrahim Abraham (Australian National University) References Index