Table of 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

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An interdisciplinary analysis of Christian Punk, a thriving and successful evangelical subculture.

About the Author

Ibrahim Abraham is Hans Mol Research Fellow in Religion and the Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Australia. He is the author of Evangelical Youth Culture (Bloomsbury, 2017).