The Lord’s Song in a Divided Land: the Engaged Music of Brazilian Protestants under Military and Religious Repression

This paper examines a selection of socially engaged Protestant songs of the 1970s, when the cultural‐ideological polarization between “alienated” and “engaged” in the sphere of Brazilian popular music reverberated in the realm of Brazilian Christian music. Our goal is to examine the components of mu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Mendonça, Joêzer Souza
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Repositorio:Per Musi
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/5205
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/permusi/article/view/5205
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Brazilian protest song
socially engaged Protestant music
musical nationalism
religious popular Brazilian music
canção brasileira de protesto
música protestante socialmente engajada
nacionalismo musical
música popular brasileira religiosa
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Sumario:This paper examines a selection of socially engaged Protestant songs of the 1970s, when the cultural‐ideological polarization between “alienated” and “engaged” in the sphere of Brazilian popular music reverberated in the realm of Brazilian Christian music. Our goal is to examine the components of musical nationalism and political and social engagement of those Protestant songs, and also to analyze how those songs expressed an idealization of the future, “the days to come” predicted both by secular protest songs and Protestant hymns.