REL 237 RELIGION AND ROCK'N'ROLL

This course explores the history of rock music in the U.S., its cultural roots and current ramifications, and its implicit ideologies of utopia, revolution and anesthesia. Students will be expected to gain a basic understanding of the relationship of religion and culture, to be conversant with the role of popular music as a form of cultural self-identity and communication, and to understand key moments and movements in the evolution of rock music in the context of recent American history.

Credits

4 sh

Offered

Offered Winter Term and summer.