God Rock, Inc.: The Business of Niche Music
- Author: Mall, Andrew
Book
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Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Playlists
- Introduction: Popular Music, Markets, Margins, and the Curious Case of Christian Music
- PART ONE. CHRISTIAN MUSIC: AN INDUSTRY AND ITS HISTORY
- 1 "Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?" The Christian Market's Origins
- 2 The Great Adventure: Commercial Success in the Christian Record Industry and the Price of Profit
- 3 A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing? Christian Ethics Encounter Rock
- 4 "Find a Way": Amy Grant and the Christian Market's Mainstream
- PART TWO. NICHE MUSIC MARKETS: ETHICS, PROFITS, AND RISK
- 5 Music to Raise the Dead: Christian Music and the Ethics of Style
- 6 Lost in the Sound of Separation: Resistance at Christian Music Festivals
- 7 From Margins to Mainstreams and Back: Crossover Cases and Their Markets
- Conclusion: The Stability of Risk and the Risk of Stability
- Appendix 1. Discographies
- Appendix 2. Pop Singles with Christian References (1957-70)
- Appendix 3. Major Christian Record Labels and Subsidiaries
- Appendix 4. Successful 1990s-Era Pop Singers' Albums
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index