{"id":15,"date":"2008-08-19T18:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2008\/08\/26-innocuous-music.html"},"modified":"2008-08-19T18:44:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T18:44:00","slug":"26-innocuous-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2008\/08\/26-innocuous-music.html","title":{"rendered":"#26 Innocuous Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/s201.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa102\/lollygrass\/?action=view&amp;current=muzak220.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photobucket\" src=\"https:\/\/i201.photobucket.com\/albums\/aa102\/lollygrass\/muzak220.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>By definition, Christian culture likes contemporary Christian music. Music that is made by non-Christians is called &#8220;secular&#8221; music. Some Christians don&#8217;t listen to secular music at all, but those who do enjoy U2, The Fray, Michael Buble, James Blunt, John Mayer, Dave Matthews, Sting, Enya, Innocence Mission, Over The Rhine, Norah Jones, U2, Harry Connick Jr., Moby, Coldplay (<a href=\"http:\/\/stuffchristianculturelikes.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/3-coldplay.html\">see #3<\/a>), Allison Krauss, U2, and Sufjan Stevens. Did I mention U2?<\/p>\n<p>Christians also enjoy country music, especially &#8220;new&#8221; country, and they all like Johnny Cash since he was a Christian, however gritty. They don&#8217;t like rap. Same goes for R&amp;B and hip hop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christians also enjoy country music, especially &#8220;new&#8221; country, and they all like Johnny Cash since he was a Christian, however gritty. They don&#8217;t like rap. 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