Hipster Christianity: When Church And Cool Collide (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
This book, especially the second half, has a lot of great one-liners (and even two- or three- liners), such as, "accusing something eternal of being behind the times is, of course, laughable." Brett McCracken provided some food for thought, but he would have been better served writing blog entries. As a full length book, Hipster Christianity is weak and flailing. McCracken tries to cover too much ground, conflates various definitions of words key to his argument and makes huge, sweeping statements and generalizations with a flimsy bibliography to back them up. His subject is interesting, and I hope he continues to pursue it with a greater depth of research in the future. McCracken's focus is not on hip Christians per se. He is concerned with a particular manifestation of modern evangelicalism that overplays the 'cool' card in seeking to appeal to the urban North American young while minimizing or abandoning traditional doctrinal stances and church practices.Within that focus, this book does well in identifying the problems with such an approach. It is worth a read even if you have not encountered 'hipster' Christians.
What do You think about Hipster Christianity: When Church And Cool Collide (2010)?
as a mild sociology dork, this book is a great look at "hip" trends within christianity.
—Alexandra
