Marcus Moberg is a senior researcher and formerly held the position of Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Religion at Abo Akademi University in Turku, Finland. His research interests include the sociology of religion, religion and consumer culture, and religion, media and culture studies. He has published widely on Christian metal and contemporary intersections of religion, media and popular culture.

• Introduction1. Origins, Definition and Historical Development2. Verbal, Visual, and Aesthetic Traits3. The Sensory and Bodily Dimension4. Ideological and Discursive Traits5. Contemporary Transnational Scene6. Christian Metal in Context BibliographyIndex

Christian Metal provides a welcome new treatment of a music culture understudied by scholars in the fields of ethnomusicology, media studies, and popular music ... and an important entry point for further scholarship.

Marcus Moberg is a senior researcher and formerly held the position of Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Religion at Abo Akademi University in Turku, Finland. His research interests include the sociology of religion, religion and consumer culture, and religion, media and culture studies. He has published widely on Christian metal and contemporary intersections of religion, media and popular culture.

• Introduction1. Origins, Definition and Historical Development2. Verbal, Visual, and Aesthetic Traits3. The Sensory and Bodily Dimension4. Ideological and Discursive Traits5. Contemporary Transnational Scene6. Christian Metal in Context BibliographyIndex

Christian Metal provides a welcome new treatment of a music culture understudied by scholars in the fields of ethnomusicology, media studies, and popular music ... and an important entry point for further scholarship.

Marcus Moberg is a senior researcher and formerly held the position of Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher in Comparative Religion at Abo Akademi University in Turku, Finland. His research interests include the sociology of religion, religion and consumer culture, and religion, media and culture studies. He has published widely on Christian metal and contemporary intersections of religion, media and popular culture.

• Introduction1. Origins, Definition and Historical Development2. Verbal, Visual, and Aesthetic Traits3. The Sensory and Bodily Dimension4. Ideological and Discursive Traits5. Contemporary Transnational Scene6. Christian Metal in Context BibliographyIndex

Christian Metal provides a welcome new treatment of a music culture understudied by scholars in the fields of ethnomusicology, media studies, and popular music ... and an important entry point for further scholarship.