No Sympathy for the Devil: Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism

“A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the relationship between evangelical Christianity and popular music.” — Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

“Highly entertaining. . . . Those concerned with God’s missional activities in America, past and present, would benefit richly from this book, as it analyzes a movement that deserves to be counted among America’s great revivals.” — Missiology

“Recommended. Most levels/libraries.” — CHOICE

“Stowe has provided an intriguing, important, and readable book, ably showing both the sympathies that conservative Christians held toward the “devil” of rock ‘n roll and countercultural affectations.” — Journal of Southern Religion

“Stowe offers a serious and impressive examination. . . . Anyone even remotely interested in American or religious studies will be captivated by this study.” — Publishers Weekly

“Stowe’s book is an admirable effort and one of the few real histories of this genre that is still in print.” — School of the Rock blog

“Stowe’s engaging book makes an excellent contribution; I recommend it highly for both scholars and students.” — Journal of American History

“The exploration of musical/social/political connections is perhaps the greatest strength of this well-written, carefully researched book. Stowe explains the early development of Christian pop and rock music more thoroughly than perhaps any other book available.” — Library Journal starred review

“The real success story of political pop in recent history is the saga of Christian rock. . . Stowe follows Christian pop as it evolves from sound-tracking the left-leaning countercultural Jesus movement, with its saucer-eyed teen burnouts baptized in the surf of ’60s Corona del Mar, California, to mobilizing Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority and the Reagan Revolution.” — Bookforum