Christian alternative rock
| Christian alternative music | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Early 1980s, United States | 
Christian alternative rock is a form of alternative rock music that is lyrically grounded in a Christian worldview. Some critics have suggested that unlike CCM and older Christian rock, Christian alternative rock generally emphasizes musical style over lyrical content as a defining genre characteristic, though the degree to which the faith appears in the music varies from artist to artist.