Welcome to my blog!
I have created it as an addition/supplement to my research into Grime music and Christianity. We will just have to see how this blog develops. I chose the name 'Hallowed be thy Grime?' for my blogspot as a play on words. I love wordplay and enjoy creating double meanings or ambiguity. This one however wasn't so easy. Most Christians I assume would know 'Hallowed Be Thy Name' from the Lords Prayer (Our Father). I thought intently about this one. As a practising Catholic, a play on words about God is not something to be taken lightly- if ever! I wanted a phrase that:
a) encapsulated what I am researching,
b) was familiar/relate-able with readers,
c) got people thinking, asking questions and
d) generated interest.
It really isn't as sensationalist as it may initially seem to some. The second part of the sentence in the Lord's Prayer prayer is of crucial importance when related to the first (Our Father whom art in heaven, hallowed be thy name...). Hallowed by itself means Holy/Sacred, so in this case the distinctive phrase that I have purposefully taken out of its real context should be interpreted as Sacred/Holy Grime? Most importantly, I have phrased it as a question. I figured, if I am researching Grime and Christianity and I am trying to find ways that they can interact, surely it is a worthy question.
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