Counter-Narratives of Radical Theology and Popular Music

Mike Grimshaw, University of Canterbury, New ZealandJennifer K. Otter, University of London, UKClayton Crockett, University of Central Arkansas, USASophie Fuggle, University of London, USASam Laurent, Drew University, USAJoshua Ramey, Haverford College, USAJeffrey W. Robbins, Lebanon Valley College, USAEric Repphun, Otago University, New ZealandDeane Galbraith, Otago University, New ZealandChristopher Rodkey, pastor of St. Paul's United Church of Christ, USARoland Boer, University of Newcastle, AustraliaChris Nichol, Director of Mixed Media Ltd.Daniel Colucciello Barber, ICI Berlin, Germany

• 1. Sonic Bibles and the Closing of the Canon: The Sounds of Secular, Mundane Transcendence?; Mike Grimshaw 2. My Affair with Ian; Jennifer K. Otter 3. In the Colony with Joy Division; Clayton Crockett 4. Sonic Stigmatas: Towards a New Fear and Trembling; Sophie Fuggle 5. Improvisation and Divine Creation: A Riff on John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme'; Sam Laurent 6. Protocols of Surrender | Stammering Along the Gothic Line; Joshua Ramey 7. Louis Armstrong: A Rhapsody on Repetition and Time; Jeffrey W. Robbins 8. I Know my Way from Here: Walking the Hutterite Mile with David Eugene Edwards; Eric Repphun 9. Meeting God in the Sound: The Seductive Dimension of U2's Future Hymns; Deane Galbraith 10. Praying the Confiteor at Westminster Abbey: Four-on-the Floor Apocalypse; Christopher D. Rodkey 11. Nick Cave and Death; Roland Boer 12. Combine Dry Ingredients, Mix Well: Constituting Worlds through Mix-tapes and Maxi-mixes: Chris Nichol 13. Why Kanye West Gets it Wrong: it's not 'Jesus walks' but 'Christ who is glimpsed'…(or how to think theologically in the modern city); Mike Grimshaw 14. Stop, Think, Stop; Daniel Colucciello Barber