Rapture Ready!

For the website, see Rapture Ready.

Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture is a book about Christian pop culture written by Daniel Radosh.

Background

Christians have created their own pop culture, which is what Radosh explores in the book.[1] Radosh starts the book by exploring the souveirs and tchotchkes of Christian pop culture.[2] While exploring Christian pop culture, Radosh also encounters controversial topics such as creationism and abstinence-only sex education.[3] Radosh attended a Christian rock festival in 2005, which led him to explore Christian pop culture and eventually write the book.[4] Radosh is a humanistic Jew.[5] Radosh critiques Christian pop culture in the book without being condescending.[6] Radosh created a list of his ten favorite Christian rock songs after publishing the book.[7][8] The book points to mewithoutYou as an example of a good Christian rock band.[9]

References

  1. ^ Rosin, Hanna (May 5, 2008). "Pop Goes Christianity: The deep contradictions of Christian popular culture". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  2. ^ Holmes, Linda (March 24, 2010). "'Rapture Ready!': A Great Pop-Culture Book Comes Out In Paperback". NPR. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  3. ^ Yglesias, Matthew (March 10, 2008). "Rapture Ready". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  4. ^ Gillespie, Nick; Hayes, Dan (June 7, 2008). "Daniel Radosh: Rapture Ready!". Reason. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  5. ^ Pulliam, Sarah (June 19, 2008). "The Christian Pop Cultures of Rapture Ready". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  6. ^ "Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture by Daniel Radosh". Publishers Weekly. March 31, 2008. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  7. ^ Zahl, David (May 15, 2008). "Rapture Ready-Approved Christian Rock". Mockingbird. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  8. ^ Garner, Dwight (April 16, 2008). "Living With Music: A Playlist by Daniel Radosh". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  9. ^ Wells, Steven (May 21, 2008). "Bring forth your abused, Christian America, and let them rock". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.