Creativity, Religion and Youth Cultures

by Anne M. Harris

Book Overview

This book explores the rich intersection between faith, religion and performing arts in culture-based youth groups. The co-constitutive identity-building work of music, performance, and drama for Samoan and Sudanese youth in church contexts has given rise to new considerations of diversity, cultural identity and the religious practices and rituals that inform them. For these young people, their culture-specific churches provide a safe if "imagined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036734808X
• ISBN13: 9780367348083
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"