Sex, Friends And Emotional Highs: Religion And Theology Encounter Popular Music

Based on their recent book Personal Jesus: How Popular Music Shapes Our Souls, Clive Marsh and Vaughan S. Roberts will invite participants to take a critical look at the role popular music plays in contemporary UK life. Using material from their own research amongst music fans, they will show how embodiment, connectedness and the quest for 'uplift' all play a crucial role for those who engage with music in a committed way. They pose the question whether there is a value, or a necessity, to offer a theological or religious interpretation of such activity.