Religion and Music

How does the music of Contemporary Christian Rock Artists/Bands aid in galvanising the faith of their listeners and give reasons why these artists choose Rock Music?

It is undeniable that music is a gift from God. Music has the unique ability to evoke strong feelings and emotions in its listeners. Over recent years many Christians have integrated various elements and sub-categories of rock music to create genre titled Christian Rock. Christian Rock is a rapidly increasing market in Australia with many bands/artists migrating into this area and also secular acts incorporating Christian ideals in their music. These Australian, Christian artists have an extraordinary effect on their listeners because of the emotional nature and content of their songs. To try and understand this effect we need to identify why these artists choose Rock Music as a way of enhancing peoples faith and the ways in which they do it.

Christian Rock started in America to try to spread the word of God, and pro...