In the late 1990s a genre of music, unknown to most of America, began push its way onto the popular American music scene. Contemporary Christian Music or CCM traced its roots to Southern Gospel and Gospel music, but only began to be noticed by a larger...

Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM; also by its religious neutral term "inspirational music") is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The term is typically used to refer to the Nashville,...

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. By Mark Allan Powell. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2002. 1088 pp. + CD-ROM. $29.95 paper. Contemporary Christian music polarizes congregations, dominates the sound of Christian radio, and fuels an enormous industry. The music, its artists, and its impact...

JOAN CHITTISTER says that singing is what makes her Benedictine community a community. The singing of the group effects the unity that it represents. But since religious experience and convictions are closely tied to certain forms of music, music can also divide people....

The Statler Brothers, the Winans, Phil Keaggy, Larnelle Harris and Joe Moscheo will be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, the hall announced Thursday.The artists will be inducted at a Gospel Music Association ceremony in Nashville on Oct. 29.The Statler Brothers _ Harold...