Music and Moral Formation
🎧 In this episode of the Christian Bioethics Network podcast, Dr. Samuel L. Caraballo discusses how explicit music has become a consciousness-forming agent.
From the American Academy of Pediatrics' warning to the FCC's role, we explore how vulgarity has become normalized—and how artists like Bad Bunny have capitalized on that trend.
But there is also hope: we are talking about the redemptive work of Christian urban artist such as Alex Zurdo, Redimi2, Funky, Madiel Lara, Indiomar, Manny Montes, Nico Eme, and Gabriel EMC, who are elevating the urban genre with theological and transformative content.
This episode isn't a call to censorship, but to discernment. Because what enters the ears... forms the soul.
🔍 Key topics: urban music, explicit content, spiritual discernment, Christian bioethics, FCC, moral formation.
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📚 References to Explore
- Martino, S. C.; Collins, R. L.; Elliott, M. N.; Strachman, A.; Kanouse, D. E.; Berry, S. H. (2006). Exposure to degrading versus non-degrading musical lyrics and sexual behavior among youth. Pediatrics, 118(2), e430–e441.🔗 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16882784/
- Fischer, P.; Greitemeyer, T. (2006). Music and aggression: The impact of songs with sexually aggressive lyrics on aggressive thoughts, emotions, and behavior toward the same and opposite sex. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 32(9), 1165–1176.🔗 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16902237/
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2009). Impact of musical lyrics and music videos on children and adolescents. Pediatrics, 124(5), 1488–1494.🔗 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19841124/
- Primack, B. A.; Douglas, E. L.; Fine, M. J.; Dalton, M. A. (2009). Exposure to sexual literature and sexual experience among urban adolescents. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36(4), 317–323.🔗 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19285196/
