Apocalyptic Music: Reflections on Countercultural Christian Influence

摘要: During the late 1960s, thousands of young people in Southern California were swept up a revival conservative Christianity. Disenchanted with existentialism found among various so-called “countercultural” groups, “Jesus freaks” emerged. Though they proclaimed an ideology commonly associated fundamentalist Christianity, hippie converts retained aesthetic practices emblematic culture, hopes spreading gospel using cultural vernacular. The result was birth music,” folk rock style that would become contemporary Christian music (CCM), genre developed into medium for articulating particular interpretation End Days.