“Did you bring new songs?” The role of contemporary catholic music in Hungary

Povedák, Kinga (2011) “Did you bring new songs?” The role of contemporary catholic music in Hungary. Acta Ethnographica Hungarica, 56 (1). pp. 31-41. ISSN 1216-9803

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Abstract

Contemporary Christian music appeared in Hungary in the 1960s. In a unique period of Hungary when religion was suppressed and rock and roll was denounced, the merging of the two, Christian rock music was even more disapproved during the communist regime. For many, contemporary Christian music was more than simply music; it indicated opposition against the political system. Therefore contemporary Christian music was an alternative music not only from a clerical but also from a political point of view. This article tries to analyze the function of contemporary Christian music in listeners’ religious folklife, their experience during listening to contemporary Christian music.

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