Alma Mater: Southern Illinois University Phone: Email: (610) 921-7865 cbrown@alb.edu Office: Selwyn Hall 203 Office Hours: Click here Courses: Intro to Sociology, Social Theory, Sociology of Religion, Cultural Sociology, Cults and New Religious Movements, Religion and Popular Culture, Mass Media and Popular Culture, Research Methods, Social Problems Vitae: WWW: Click here Click here Areas: Religion, Cultural Sociology, Mass Media & Popular Culture, Social Theory

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Brown, Charles M.  2004.  "Apocalyptic Unbound: An Interpretation of Christian Speed/Thrash Metal Music" Pp. 117-137 in Religious Innovation in a Global Age: Essays On The Construction of Spirituality, edited by George N. Lundskow.  Jefferson NC: McFarland & Company.

Brown, Charles M.  1995.  Musical Responses to Oppression and Alienation: Blues, Spirituals, Secular Thrash, and Christian Thrash Metal Music.  International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society.  8(3): 439-452.