Popular music artists are intentionally unoriginal. Pop producers find their inspiration by sampling across traditions and genres; remix artists compose a pastiche of the latest hits. These ‘mashup’ artists stretch the boundaries of creativity by freely intermingling old sounds and melodies with the newest technologies. Using this phenomenon in contemporary music-making as a metaphor, John Mc Clure encourages the invention of new theological ideas by creating a mashup of the traditional and the novel. What emerges are engaging ways of communicating that thrive at the intersection of religion and popular culture yet keep alive the deepest of theological truths.
Table of Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Songwriter: Invention In and Out of a Theological Tradition
2 Multitrack Composition and Loop Browsing: Style and Theological Invention
3 Sampling, Remixing, and Mashup: Inventing the Theologically Possible
4 The Grain of the Voice: Inventing the Soundscape of Religious Desire
5 Fan Cultures: Getting Theological Inventions into the DJ’s Crate
6 Lyrics: Inventing Theology in Response to Popular Music
Appendix I: The Multitrack Sermon – A Homiletical Case Study
Appendix II: Mashup and Theological Invention – An Academic Case Study
Notes
Bibliography
Index of Songwriters, Composers, Musicians, and Bands
Index of Names
Index of Topics
About the author
John S. Mc Clure is the Charles G. Finney Professor of Preaching and Worship at Vanderbilt Divinity School and editor of the journal Homiletic. His previous books include Other-wise Preaching: A Postmodern Ethic for Homiletics and Claiming Theology in the Pulpit. He lives in Nashville, TN.
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