In this bonus episode Leah and Andrew talk with <a href="https://www.postevangelicalpost.com/">Blake Chastain</a>, the first person to use "exvangelical" as a hashtag (and host of the Exvangelical podcast) about his book, <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15RkcczzcrgEcyL64CzSthjcesZbYWhV-GzProCvGpr0/edit?usp=sharing">"</a><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747796/exvangelical-and-beyond-by-blake-chastain/">Exvangelical and Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That's Fighting Back</a>.<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15RkcczzcrgEcyL64CzSthjcesZbYWhV-GzProCvGpr0/edit?usp=sharing">"</a> He shares about his time as a "bookstore guy" and how the academic concepts of "counter public" and "hyperobject" are helpful in understanding what's happening in American evangelicalism.  In <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/bookstore-guy-to-111858131?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link">the Patreon-only version of this episode</a>, he also shares a story about a song that left him temporarily paralyzed at work once. Plus we discuss not one, but two different songs by Ray Boltz.  Do you have a Christian rock story to tell? Leave us a message at (629) 777-6336. If you want more seasons of Rock That Doesn’t Roll, you can <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rtdr">support us on Patreon</a>. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/rtdr">https://www.patreon.com/rtdr</a> You can <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rockthatdoesntroll/">connect with us on Instagram</a> or by emailing <a href="mailto:RTDRpod@gmail.com">RTDRpod@gmail.com</a> <a href="https://substack.com/@rockthatdoesntroll?utm_source=profile-page">Sign up for our Substack to keep up with show developments</a>. <a href="https://www.teepublic.com/stores/rtdr?ref_id=35654">Buy RTDR merch here</a>.

Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music

[email protected] (Andrew Gill and Leah Payne)

Bookstore Guy to Exvangelical (ft. Blake Chastain)

SEP 11, 202441 MIN
Rock That Doesn't Roll: The Story of Christian Music

Bookstore Guy to Exvangelical (ft. Blake Chastain)

SEP 11, 202441 MIN

Description

In this bonus episode Leah and Andrew talk with Blake Chastain, the first person to use "exvangelical" as a hashtag (and host of the Exvangelical podcast) about his book, "Exvangelical and Beyond: How American Christianity Went Radical and the Movement That's Fighting Back." He shares about his time as a "bookstore guy" and how the academic concepts of "counter public" and "hyperobject" are helpful in understanding what's happening in American evangelicalism. 

In the Patreon-only version of this episode, he also shares a story about a song that left him temporarily paralyzed at work once. Plus we discuss not one, but two different songs by Ray Boltz. 

Do you have a Christian rock story to tell? Leave us a message at (629) 777-6336.

If you want more seasons of Rock That Doesn’t Roll, you can support us on Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/rtdr

You can connect with us on Instagram or by emailing [email protected]

Sign up for our Substack to keep up with show developments.

Buy RTDR merch here.