Finding the Sacred in the Secular

By Lindsay Barden

March 22, 2019

Dr. Timothy Epp's research sheds light on the divide between sacred and secular music by exploring the spiritual content in mainstream music.

“In contrast to my own presumptions about the antagonistic approach popular musicians would take to matters of faith, I have found that the greater percentage of songs represent either a quest for spiritual fulfilment or an affirmation of spirituality,” Epp reflects Songs with spiritual content, Epp discovered, spanned musical genres and came from artists of a variety of religious backgrounds

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