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Rock music has had sympathy for God as well as the devil – Kennedy Center honoree Amy Grant is just one big star who’s walked the line between ‘Christian’ and ‘secular’ music

  • Written by David W. Stowe, Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
Rock music has had sympathy for God as well as the devil – Kennedy Center honoree Amy Grant is just one big star who’s walked the line between ‘Christian’ and ‘secular’ musicAmy Grant performs in Abbotsford, British Columbia, in 2017.Andrew Chin/Getty Images

After three multiplatinum and six platinum albums, 30 million albums sold and more than a billion streams, singer Amy Grant is set to receive one of American music’s biggest awards: Kennedy Center Honors.

Grant, the so-called queen of Christian pop,...

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