White Soul: Country Music, the Church and Working Americans - Softcover

Sample, Tex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0687032938 ISBN 13: 9780687032938

Publisher: Abingdon Press, 1996

Synopsis

White Soul examines the social, political, and religious foundations of country music as the soul music of white, working-class Americans.

Country music gives voice to an economically battered subculture of hard-living and hard-working people who find self-expression in the music of honky-tonks and heartaches. It celebrates the "wild side of life" as a form of populist anarchism and escapist festivity. This unusual medley of sociology, theology, and country music history is also a compelling critique of the elitism of "good taste" in the dominant culture.

Tex Sample challenges the church to reach out to working-class people, who have often been ignored and demeaned by churches held captive to the tastes and lifestyles of the upper middle class.

About this title

About the Author:

Tex Sample is a specialist in church and society, a much sought-after lecturer, storyteller, workshop leader and consultant. He is also the Robert B. And Kathleen Rogers Professor Emeritus of Church and Society at The Saint Paul School of Theology. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0687032938
• ISBN 13: 9780687032938
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212