Before We Were Hipsters

How Christians of the past 50 years have garnered countercultural street cred.

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See Brett McCracken’s cover story on “Hipster Faith,” CT also posted “The Tricky H-Word” and “Stuff Christian Hipsters Like” today.

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CT previously spotlighted the future(s) of missions, health-care reform, Africa, American Idol, Haiti, Robert Park, persecution, Supreme Court and crosses, international religious liberty advocates, and church violence.

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The CT archives are a rich treasure of biblical wisdom and insight from our past. Some things we would say differently today, and some stances we've changed. But overall, we're amazed at how relevant so much of this content is. We trust that you'll find it a helpful resource.

September

Christianity Today September, 2010

Cover Story

Hipster Faith

Brett McCracken

In the Shadow of Mount Hood

Frank A. James III

Wilson's Bookmarks

The Most Diverse Gathering Ever

John W. Kennedy

Stop Browbeating

Interview by Ted Olsen

Dwelling in Heaven's Suburbs

Review

Tragic Humanism

Christopher Benson

News

In Jesus' Name

Compiled by Ruth Moon

The Maverick

News

Go Figure

Compiled by Ted Olsen

News

A Ministry Grows in Brooklyn

Tony Carnes in New York City

Review

A Gifting Child

Amy Julia Becker

The Apostle of the Golden Age

Books to Note

Editorial

An Equal-Opportunity Destroyer

A Christianity Today Editorial

Participant First

Faith Unbound

Mollie Ziegler Hemingway

Sex Offenders in the Pew

Marian V. Liautaud

My Top 5 Books on The Problem of Evil

John Stackhouse

News

Culling the Flock

Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Readers Write

The Ethics of Promoting Democracy

Jean Bethke Elshtain, Chris Seiple, and Will Willimon

Excerpt

Under the Influence

News

Delegates Denied

The Tricky H-Word

Ted Olsen, managing editor for news & online journalism

Stuff Christian Hipsters Like

News

Regent U. Struggles to Stay Afloat (*Updated), Court Rules that Feeding Poor Is Not Religious, and Other News

The Refugee Pastor That Could

News

Passages

News

Scholars and 'Snake-Handlers'

News

Quotation Marks

Compiled by Ted Olsen

Ayn Rand: Goddess of the Great Recession

News

Dispute in Dearborn

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News

After Assad: Jihad or Liberty?

A coalition of rebel fighters promises to respect Syria’s religious minorities.

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In the Divided Balkans, Evangelicals Are Tiny in Number, but Mighty

Interview by Bruce Barron

A leading Serbian researcher discusses how evangelicals have made a tangible difference.

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Chick-fil-A Launches an App to Help Families Be Less Online

Haley Byrd Wilt

It offers the wholesome, values-centered content Christians expect from the closed-on-Sundays chain, but does the platform undercut its message?

The shadow of a woman's face in front of an Egyptian pyramid

Egypt’s Redemption—and Ours

The flight of the holy family is more than a historical curiosity. It points us toward the breadth and beauty of God’s redemption.

Being Human

Being Human

Anxiety Is on the Runway in ‘The Devil Wears Prada’

Steve Cuss and his daughter, Kaylee, talk about the film’s relationships, patterns, and systems.

A photo of Muslim candidate Mahamudu Bawumia speaking on the campaign trail.

News

Ghana May Elect Its First Muslim President. Its Christian Majority Is Torn.

Akosua Frempong

Church leaders weigh competency and faith background as the West African nation heads to the polls.

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Shamanism in Indonesia

Kristian Kusumawardana

Can Christians practice ‘white knowledge’ to heal the sick and exorcize demons?

Shamans in Japan

Shamanism in Japan

Martin Heisswolf

Christians in the country view pastors’ benedictions as powerful spiritual mantras.