Rapture Ready!

For the website, see Rapture Ready.

Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture is a book about Christian pop culture written by Daniel Radosh.

Background

Christians have created their own pop culture, which is what Radosh explores in the book.^[1] Radosh starts the book by exploring the souveirs and tchotchkes of Christian pop culture.^[2] While exploring Christian pop culture, Radosh also encounters controversial topics such as creationism and abstinence-only sex education.^[3] Radosh attended a Christian rock festival in 2005, which led him to explore Christian pop culture and eventually write the book.^[4] Radosh is a humanistic Jew.^[5] Radosh critiques Christian pop culture in the book without being condescending.^[6] Radosh created a list of his ten favorite Christian rock songs after publishing the book.^[7][8] The book points to mewithoutYou as an example of a good Christian rock band.^[9]

References

1. Rosin, Hanna (May 5, 2008). "Pop Goes Christianity: The deep contradictions of Christian popular culture". Slate. ISSN 1091-2339. from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
2. Holmes, Linda (March 24, 2010). "'Rapture Ready!': A Great Pop-Culture Book Comes Out In Paperback". NPR. from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
3. Yglesias, Matthew (March 10, 2008). "Rapture Ready". The Atlantic. from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
4. Gillespie, Nick; Hayes, Dan (June 7, 2008). "Daniel Radosh: Rapture Ready!". Reason. from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
5. Pulliam, Sarah (June 19, 2008). "The Christian Pop Cultures of Rapture Ready". Christianity Today. from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
6. "Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture by Daniel Radosh". Publishers Weekly. March 31, 2008. from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
7. Zahl, David (May 15, 2008). "Rapture Ready-Approved Christian Rock". Mockingbird. from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
8. Garner, Dwight (April 16, 2008). "Living With Music: A Playlist by Daniel Radosh". The New York Times. from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
9. Wells, Steven (May 21, 2008). "Bring forth your abused, Christian America, and let them rock". The Guardian. from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved May 18, 2023.