‘143’ Is the Next Stage in Katy Perry’s Ex-Evangelical Spirituality
Will Katy Perry’s new “love frequency” spirituality on 143 suffer the same static interference we hear on the self-undercutting lead single?
David Mihalyfy
David Mihalyfy (@mihalyfy) has a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Divinity School. His popular writing on religion and culture has also appeared in venues like Religion Dispatches, Contingent Magazine, and the Atlantic online.
How Pop Music Mainstreams Religious Weirdness
With its devils and aliens, pop music can be a “window on the weird”, sweeping odd material lodged in subcultural pockets into the broader currents of culture.