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them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do
this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain,
Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be doneâ (Matt. 21:21).
These verbal references to the Bible provoke specific images in the minds of
the audience, intensifying the vision of a double female emancipation â eman-
cipation from the pain caused by rejection by an âotherâ, and emancipation
from the idea of needing an âotherâ, whether transcendent or human, to feel
whole and âfilledâ with love.
Florence has survived the trauma with an intact body and although she still
feels vulnerable, she is stronger than before, knowing now what she is able to
endure and that she can find strength in herself.
Religious Imaginary and Popular Music
Planning this issue was a fascinating multimedia experience. Questions
ranged across how music can be adequately presented in an open access on-
line journal and how âpopular musicâ can be defined. The issue also explores
diverse music genres, from Christian rock to metal and flamenco, all of which
in some way interact with religion. We were surprised to receive no articles
on religiously charged opera libretti, but integrate this last genre of popular
music in structuring this issue as an online-journal libretto. Right now, you
are reading the Prelude, which introduces some of the main arguments. Each
Act, or thematic article, is followed by an Interlude, a short music video review
by a younger scholar which focuses on a specific religious aspect in a music
video. The section concludes with a Postlude, which offers a short synthesis
and considers where we might go next.
Act One, Angela Sue Sawyerâs article âComfort the Waste Places, Defend
the Violated Earthâ, opens the issue with a ecofeminist interpretation of Tracy
Chapmanâs song âThe Rape of the Worldâ and the biblical passage at Isaiah
52:1â52:6. Sawyer shows how in the song lyrics and the scriptural text, over-
lapping metaphorical references to motherhood, sexual violence and environ-
mental consequences of human actions are developed, encouraging us con-
sider ecological questions, theology and the power of women.
Act Two, with the title âWhat makes Popular Christian Music âPopularâ?â,
by Reinhard Kopanski, compares two successful projects in Christian popular
music: one by the US-American artist Lauren Daigle and one by the German
music group Koenige & Priester. Kopanski explores how religious worldviews
JRFM
Journal Religion Film Media, Volume 06/02
- Title
- JRFM
- Subtitle
- Journal Religion Film Media
- Volume
- 06/02
- Authors
- Christian Wessely
- Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati
- Editor
- Uni-Graz
- Publisher
- SchĂŒren Verlag GmbH
- Location
- Graz
- Date
- 2020
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- Size
- 14.8 x 21.0 cm
- Pages
- 128
- Categories
- Zeitschriften JRFM