Contemporary Christian
Music
Where It Came From, What It Is, Where It's
Going
© 1985 Paul Baker
Crossway Books, Westchester, Illinois All Rights Reserved
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Table of Contents
Prelude 1979 by Pat Boone ix
Foreword 1979 by Larry Norman xi
Part I: 1955-1978
1/ Eve of Destruction 3
2/ He's Everything to Me 10
4/ Jesus Christ, S. R. O. (Standing Room Only) 25
5/ Little Country Church 31
6/ Turn Your Radio On 42
7/ Day by Day 49
8/ Pass It On 53
9/ Fat City 60
10/ It's Only Right 65
11/ The Rock That Doesn't Roll 74
12/ All Day Dinner 82
13/ Let Us Be One 89
14/ Superstar 96
15/ We Need a Whole Lot More of
Jesus
and a Lot Less Rock and Roll
105
16/ Gospel Light 109
17/ Time We Returned 114
Part II: 1979-1984
18/ Hits and Singles 123
19/ Music and Mammon: Entertainment or Ministry? 132
20/ Reaching the Young 137
21/ Crossing Over from the Other Side 141
22/ Penetrating the Secular Market 151
23/ Aerobimania and Fallen Warriors 157
24/ Coping with Burnout 161
25/ Praise and Worship 168
26/ Common Ground, New Controversy 174
27/ New Frontiers 182
28/ International Ripples 190
29/ Muscle Shoals 203
30/ Gospel Music: Christian Witness 211
Appendix A: ''Religious'' Songs Which Reached
the
Billboard Top 100 Pop charts 1955-1984
220
Appendix B: The Contemporary Christian
Music
Family Tree1963-1978
225
Appendix C: Music Comparison Chart 239
Notes 258
Bibliography 262
Index 266
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