{"title":"Joel Mayward","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"sufjan-stevens-carrie-lowell-33-1-3","title":"Sufjan Stevens' Carrie \u0026 Lowell (33 1\/3)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eUpon the release of Sufjan Stevens’ seventh studio album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, two divergent groups found themselves as strange bedfellows: the LGBTQIA+ community and American evangelical Christians. Both were united in praise for Stevens’ beautifully melancholic music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCritically acclaimed as one of the best albums of 2015, the elegiac and intimate record about the death of Sufjan’s estranged mother reflects the musician’s own paradoxical posture—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis both sacred \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprofane, Christian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e queer, traditional \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprogressive, despairing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e hopeful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheologian and cultural critic Joel Mayward considers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas a mystical metamodern \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ememento mori\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Sufjan’s symphonic (as opposed to systematic) approach to the questions of mortality, sexuality, and God. Fusing critical observations with personal narrative, Mayward examines the unique audience reception of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand the questions it raises: in a world of division, how might Stevens’ affecting music act as a bridge of love between seemingly irreconcilable communities? As \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCarrie \u0026amp; Lowell\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereminds us of the painful truth that we’re all gonna die,\" perhaps it also offers a glimpse of transcendence and hope on this side of death.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52917879243083,"sku":"R3724-7290","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/31BEa14iskL._SY445_SX342_PQ23.jpg?v=1752661676"},{"product_id":"sufjan-stevens-carrie-lowell-33-1-3-series-il","title":"Sufjan Stevens' Carrie \u0026 Lowell (33 1\/3 Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eUpon the release of Sufjan Stevens' seventh studio album, Carrie \u0026amp; Lowell, two divergent groups found themselves as strange bedfellows: the LGBTQIA+ community and American evangelical Christians. Both were united in praise for Stevens' beautifully melancholic music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCritically acclaimed as one of the best albums of 2015, the elegiac and intimate record about the death of Sufjan's estranged mother reflects the musician's own paradoxical posture-Carrie \u0026amp; Lowell is both sacred and profane, Christian and queer, traditional and progressive, despairing and hopeful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheologian and cultural critic Joel Mayward considers Carrie \u0026amp; Lowell as a mystical metamodern memento mori, Sufjan's symphonic (as opposed to systematic) approach to the questions of mortality, sexuality, and God. Fusing critical observations with personal narrative, Mayward examines the unique audience reception of Carrie \u0026amp; Lowell and the questions it raises: in a world of division, how might Stevens' affecting music act as a bridge of love between seemingly irreconcilable communities? As Carrie \u0026amp; Lowell reminds us of the painful truth that “we're all gonna die,” perhaps it also offers a glimpse of transcendence and hope on this side of death.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MPS","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53397563507019,"sku":"R1192-0954","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/carrie_7a8cbdc0-1f8d-42b8-8ef8-4623294d82e7.jpg?v=1758043077"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/joel-mayward.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}