Essays About Religion

Listening for Foremothers in Rosalía’s Lux

By Sarah Finley

From polemical reworkings of flamenco idioms and the 13th-century Occitan romance Flamenca in El mal querer (2018) to feminine interventions in the Caribbean-flavored musical eclecticism of Motomami (2022), Catalan-born Rosalía Vila Tobella knows how to make a splash. Her fourth studio album, Lux,… Read More

“We Are Charlie Kirk” and the Gospel According to AI

By Chase Castle

The rapid fame of an AI-generated gospel tribute song titled “We Are Charlie Kirk” highlights strange new connections between American evangelicalism, political identity, and social media culture. Gospel here refers to both biblical-inflected language and a varied set of musical idioms that have circulated across Read More