Robert Saler is Associate Professor of Religion and Culture, Executive Director of the Center for Pastoral Excellence and the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs at Christian Theological Seminary, USA.

Deftly weaving together theological and cultural critique, Robert Cady Saler offers us the first interdisciplinary study on the Death to the World movement and its attached affective eschatological politics of rebellion and belonging. Through interviews with group leaders, textual analysis, and theological interrogation, Saler wrestles with the relationships among music, consumerism, religion, and identity politics, asking provocatively: Can rebellion be purchased? An essential read for understanding the emphasis on apocalyptic politics and capitalism that animates contemporary Christianity in the United States, Saler reminds us of why Orthodox Christianity should be central to the study of American religion(s).

• IntroductionMarketplace and IdentityChapter 1"Monks are the True Punks:" Justin Marler and the Beginning of the MovementChapter 2Reaching a Lost Generation: The Zine BeginsChapter 3Revival and InfluenceChapter 4Whose Authority to Fight?Chapter 5Theological Potential(S)ConclusionsBibliographyIndex

Robert Saler is Associate Professor of Religion and Culture, Executive Director of the Center for Pastoral Excellence and the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs at Christian Theological Seminary, USA.

Deftly weaving together theological and cultural critique, Robert Cady Saler offers us the first interdisciplinary study on the Death to the World movement and its attached affective eschatological politics of rebellion and belonging. Through interviews with group leaders, textual analysis, and theological interrogation, Saler wrestles with the relationships among music, consumerism, religion, and identity politics, asking provocatively: Can rebellion be purchased? An essential read for understanding the emphasis on apocalyptic politics and capitalism that animates contemporary Christianity in the United States, Saler reminds us of why Orthodox Christianity should be central to the study of American religion(s).

• IntroductionMarketplace and IdentityChapter 1"Monks are the True Punks:" Justin Marler and the Beginning of the MovementChapter 2Reaching a Lost Generation: The Zine BeginsChapter 3Revival and InfluenceChapter 4Whose Authority to Fight?Chapter 5Theological Potential(S)ConclusionsBibliographyIndex

Robert Saler is Associate Professor of Religion and Culture, Executive Director of the Center for Pastoral Excellence and the Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs at Christian Theological Seminary, USA.

Deftly weaving together theological and cultural critique, Robert Cady Saler offers us the first interdisciplinary study on the Death to the World movement and its attached affective eschatological politics of rebellion and belonging. Through interviews with group leaders, textual analysis, and theological interrogation, Saler wrestles with the relationships among music, consumerism, religion, and identity politics, asking provocatively: Can rebellion be purchased? An essential read for understanding the emphasis on apocalyptic politics and capitalism that animates contemporary Christianity in the United States, Saler reminds us of why Orthodox Christianity should be central to the study of American religion(s).

• IntroductionMarketplace and IdentityChapter 1"Monks are the True Punks:" Justin Marler and the Beginning of the MovementChapter 2Reaching a Lost Generation: The Zine BeginsChapter 3Revival and InfluenceChapter 4Whose Authority to Fight?Chapter 5Theological Potential(S)ConclusionsBibliographyIndex