Comment to 'Contemporary Christian Music'
  • That really is a great picture that in its image poses a challenge.
    I have heard this kind of music on the radio here in the states.  I have also visited three "churches" like this seen in your posted picture, one in North Carolina and two in Alaska.  Lights, even smoke coming out!

    While many Christians around the world are trapped into various forms of post-Byzantine orthopraxy, the right ritual, by the right person, on the right day, a serious spiritual crutch, the mass commercialization of Christ is to a relative degree unique to the culture of North America, and it is its own kind of crutch.  However, once outside of the United States, few Christians actually listen to this sort of thing.  

    On the secular side, in Africa, it is somewhat like a kind of music from Nigeria called "Juju."  Once outside Nigeria, few Africans listen to the stuff.  Contrary to that, once outside of South Africa and Mali as two examples, their music has no cultural boundaries and is heard everywhere.   We can hear the music of Mali played in cafes all through Paris.  Mali inspired, or Congolese, or even South African sounds are ubiquitous in Europe.

    To me, American Christian pop music is a kind of Juju of Christianity.   The locals seem to love it.