Amy D Mcdowell
Biographic Data
| ID | 205706 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy D Mcdowell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy D |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcdowell |
| SIGNATURE | MCDOWELL A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Mississippi |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Gay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities
Jesus Would Turn the Tables Over: Five Dimensions of Authenticity Applied to Countercultural Christianity
This paper draws on extant literature to identify five dimensions that are deployed by a wide range of social groups to claim and achieve authenticity in variety of social settings: being honest or real, forgoing external rewards or compensation, coming from or living in the right place or time, embodying or participating in something, and consuming correctly. We then demonstrate the utility of these five dimensions of authenticity in action by a…
Christian But Not Religious: Being Church as Christian Hardcore Punk
Studies show that Christian youth in the United States are dropping out of church because they are disillusioned with organized religion, not because they have lost faith in God. Scholars propose that these youth are approaching spirituality in individualistic ways and finding God on their own instead of in buildings designated as church. This research on Christian Hardcore punk rock problematizes the idea that the youth who leave conventional ch…
This is for the Brown Kids: Racialization and the Formation of “Muslim” Punk Rock
Recent research shows that non-Muslims "read" Muslim and non-Muslim Others through an Islamophobic lens, whether the victims of Islamophobia are practitioners of Islam or not. Yet how Muslims and non-Muslims band together against anti-Muslim racism in nonreligious ways and venues is less understood. The author draws on a wide range of qualitative data to show how "Taqwacore" punks ( taqwa means "God consciousness" in Arabic and core comes from ha…
Aggressive And Loving Men: Gender Hegemony in Christian Hardcore Punk
This research uses Christian Hardcore punk to show how evangelical Christian men respond to changes in gender relations that threaten hegemonic masculinity through a music subculture. Drawing on interviews and participant observations of live music shows, I find that Christian Hardcore ministry involves a hybrid mix of aggressive and loving performances of manhood. Christian Hardcore punk men fortify the idea that men and women are essentially op…
Contemporary Christian Music
Aggressive And Loving Men: Gender Hegemony in Christian Hardcore Punk
This research uses Christian Hardcore punk to show how evangelical Christian men respond to changes in gender relations that threaten hegemonic masculinity through a music subculture. Drawing on interviews and participant observations of live music shows, I find that Christian Hardcore ministry involves a hybrid mix of aggressive and loving performances of manhood. Christian Hardcore punk men fortify the idea that men and women are essentially op…
This is for the Brown Kids: Racialization and the Formation of “Muslim” Punk Rock
Recent research shows that non-Muslims "read" Muslim and non-Muslim Others through an Islamophobic lens, whether the victims of Islamophobia are practitioners of Islam or not. Yet how Muslims and non-Muslims band together against anti-Muslim racism in nonreligious ways and venues is less understood. The author draws on a wide range of qualitative data to show how "Taqwacore" punks ( taqwa means "God consciousness" in Arabic and core comes from ha…
Christian But Not Religious: Being Church as Christian Hardcore Punk
Studies show that Christian youth in the United States are dropping out of church because they are disillusioned with organized religion, not because they have lost faith in God. Scholars propose that these youth are approaching spirituality in individualistic ways and finding God on their own instead of in buildings designated as church. This research on Christian Hardcore punk rock problematizes the idea that the youth who leave conventional ch…
Jesus Would Turn the Tables Over: Five Dimensions of Authenticity Applied to Countercultural Christianity
This paper draws on extant literature to identify five dimensions that are deployed by a wide range of social groups to claim and achieve authenticity in variety of social settings: being honest or real, forgoing external rewards or compensation, coming from or living in the right place or time, embodying or participating in something, and consuming correctly. We then demonstrate the utility of these five dimensions of authenticity in action by a…
Gay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities
Contemporary Christian Music
This is for the Brown Kids: Racialization and the Formation of “Muslim” Punk Rock
Recent research shows that non-Muslims "read" Muslim and non-Muslim Others through an Islamophobic lens, whether the victims of Islamophobia are practitioners of Islam or not. Yet how Muslims and non-Muslims band together against anti-Muslim racism in nonreligious ways and venues is less understood. The author draws on a wide range of qualitative data to show how "Taqwacore" punks ( taqwa means "God consciousness" in Arabic and core comes from ha…
Aggressive And Loving Men: Gender Hegemony in Christian Hardcore Punk
This research uses Christian Hardcore punk to show how evangelical Christian men respond to changes in gender relations that threaten hegemonic masculinity through a music subculture. Drawing on interviews and participant observations of live music shows, I find that Christian Hardcore ministry involves a hybrid mix of aggressive and loving performances of manhood. Christian Hardcore punk men fortify the idea that men and women are essentially op…
Christian But Not Religious: Being Church as Christian Hardcore Punk
Studies show that Christian youth in the United States are dropping out of church because they are disillusioned with organized religion, not because they have lost faith in God. Scholars propose that these youth are approaching spirituality in individualistic ways and finding God on their own instead of in buildings designated as church. This research on Christian Hardcore punk rock problematizes the idea that the youth who leave conventional ch…
Gay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equality at Christian Colleges and Universities
Jesus Would Turn the Tables Over: Five Dimensions of Authenticity Applied to Countercultural Christianity
This paper draws on extant literature to identify five dimensions that are deployed by a wide range of social groups to claim and achieve authenticity in variety of social settings: being honest or real, forgoing external rewards or compensation, coming from or living in the right place or time, embodying or participating in something, and consuming correctly. We then demonstrate the utility of these five dimensions of authenticity in action by a…
Art (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Music History and Culture (3 works) · Punk (3 works) · Theology (3 works)