Sunday essay: popular music’s search for the sacred in a secular world
Nick Cave performing with The Bad Seeds in Budapest
in June, His song lyrics, with those often melancholy, churchy organ chords,
are dripping in references to what might be called sacredness.
Zoltan Balogh/EPA
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Explainer: what is Pentecostalism, and how might it influence Scott Morrison’s politics?
The deeply religious Scott Morrison is Australia’s
first Pentecostal prime minister. Mick Tsikas/AAP
Since Scott Morrison became prime minister last month, much has been made about his religious beliefs and the impact they are...
