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Gabriel Mckee, a graduate of Hampshire College and Harvard Divinity School, is the author of two books on religion and science fiction. The first, Pink Beams of Light from the God in the Gutter: The Science-Fictional Religion of Philip K. Dick, is available now from the University Press of America. The second, The Gospel According to Science Fiction: From the Twilight Zone to the Final Frontier, was released in January 2007 by Westminster-John Knox Press.

He blogs at SF Gospel.

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Cornerstone Video Diary Day 3: Death to the World

By Gabriel Mckee
July 25, 2009

On the final day of the Cornerstone Christian Music Festival our reporter locates the zine of “Punk Monks.”

Rawk hands. Creative Commons image courtesy of greggoconnell.

In this final installment of Gabe McKee's video trinity (watch days one and two), our intrepid man-on-the-scene defines "Goreship" music, reports on the "Punk Monks" of the "Death to the World" movement, and answers the age old question about Christian death metal: Do appreciative fans do the sign of the horns?

Watch the 3 minute video (apologies for erratic audio toward the end but should still be audible):