How is Counter Culture related to Religion?

Question

my definition of counter culture: a culture whose lifestyles and values oppose that of the established culture.

My question is how does counter culture relate to religion?

Thanks in advance! :)

Answer 1

Well, I will use the example of christianity mainly, as I know that, in Its beginnings was the "unnaccepted" (Shame the false christians persecute the "unaccepted" now)

Jesus stood up for the underdog of society, his days prostitutes and heretics, we're kind of like the modern day Goths and Punk per se

They we're the counter-cultures of their day, Jesus was not "cool" with the mainstreem society of his day for lack of a better term, he was sick of the corruption (as seen with the tax-collectors)

When Jesus died on the cross these "freaks" we're the ones in the shadow of the cross, they we're his followers..They we're the ones persecuted by the majority

Another point is that most religions started as somewhat of a cult, including the biggest of today, almost all we're met with termoil, persecution, and harrassment in the beginning..

Also, in todays society, just a few statistics, athiesm and christianity are the most popular religions in both the modern day Goth and Punk subcultures..In another completly unrelated subculture, the Emos, have developed a kind of "sect" of the subculture (sort of like how Goth evolved from Punk, and Rivet-Heads and Cyber-Goths evolved from Goth) called strait-edge (sXe) while mainly populated by whinny teenagers who wish to be part of the subculture, there are some true Emos who follow the straight-edge sub-subculture (Straight-Edge meaning an emo with major religious beliefs, many straight edge's being christian) Thus debunking the common thought that Goths and Punks cant be christian..

In the Metalhead subculture, there are many bands (music playing a huge part in a subculture) that have Christian undertones (Zao) However they also have polar opposite, with both Theistic Satanic bands (Ones that truly worship a devil) and LaVeyan and otherwise (Read this link for my detailed explanation of LaVeyan Satanism is http://www.freewebs.com/satanismexplanation/ ) an example of one would be Gorgoroth
The metalhead subculture has these polar opposites and many other religions

Answer 2

A short answer: If you're talking Christianity as the religion, the religion IS becoming counter-cultural more and more. Just go to Europe or Canada, and see how different believing Christians are from the prevailing culture. At times in history, counter-cultural has meant separation FROM religions, including Christianity. It's all dependent on which religion, and which culture.

Answer 3

Well that depends upon what time you are asking this. About 40/50 yrs ago Christianity was the norm. To have non-Christian or non-Orthidox views was counter culture. Now to have Christian views and practice them is becoming the counter culture.

Answer 4

some of it is the product of rejection of both cultural and religious values at the same time ..... free thinking peoples.

Answer 5

It's not.