The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music - (Bloomsbury Handbooks) by Christopher Partridge & Marcus Moberg (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The second edition of The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music provides an updated, state-of-the-art analysis of the most important themes and concepts in the field, combining research in religious studies, theology, critical musicology, cultural analysis, and sociology.

It comprises 30 updated essays and six new chapters covering the following areas:

- Popular Music, Religion, and Performance
- Musicological Perspectives
- Popular Music and Religious Syncretism
- Atheism and Popular Music
- Industrial Music and Noise
- K-pop

The Handbook continues to provide a guide to methodology, key genres and popular music subcultures, as well as an extensive updated bibliography. It remains the essential tool for anyone with an interest in popular culture generally and religion and popular music in particular.

Review Quotes

"Now revamped and even more comprehensive, this book is a true One Stop Shop for scholars of religion and scholars of popular music, or anyone interested in the intersection of the two fields." --Titus Hjelm, Professor of the Study of Religion, University of Helsinki, Finland

"The scope of this updated collection is truly in-keeping with the ever-expanding conversations between religion and popular music. How great it is to have an accessible set of insightful studies looking both at and along the crossroads made by religion and popular music." --Scott Calhoun, Director of The U2 Conference and Professor of English, Cedarville University, USA

About the Author

Christopher Partridge is Professor of Religious Studies at Lancaster University, UK. His publications include High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World (2018), Mortality and Music: Popular Music and the Awareness of Death (2015), The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred and the Profane (2014), and Dub in Babylon: Understanding the Evolution and Significance of Dub Reggae in Jamaica and Britain from King Tubby to Post-punk (2010). He is editor of the book series, Bloomsbury Studies in Religion and Popular Music.

Marcus Moberg is Professor of the Study of Religions at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. His publications include Religion, Discourse, and Society (2022), Digital Media, Young Adults and Religion (2020, co-ed), Church, Market, and Media (2017), Christian Metal (Bloomsbury, 2015), and Religion, Media, and Social Change (2014, co-ed.).