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.

You can also take the Are You a Christian Hipster?” test at hipsterchristianity.com.

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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September

Christianity Today September, 2010

Cover Story

Hipster Faith

Brett McCracken

In the Shadow of Mount Hood

Frank A. James III

Wilson's Bookmarks

John Wilson

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

Tim Stafford

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

John Wilson

Books to Note

Editorial

An Equal-Opportunity Destroyer

A Christianity Today Editorial

Participant First

Mark Moring

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

Monica Ganas

News

Delegates Denied

Charles Honey

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

Marshall Allen

News

Passages

News

Scholars and 'Snake-Handlers'

Bobby Ross Jr.

News

Quotation Marks

Compiled by Ted Olsen

Ayn Rand: Goddess of the Great Recession

Gary Moore

News

Dispute in Dearborn

Trevor Persaud

Our Latest

Left to right: Bill Murchison, John Lennox, and Dick Cheney.

Backbone in a Gumby Culture

“He was furious, but somehow it put steel into my heart.”

A man with a cart with boxes on it that say "SNAP," walking away from a truck loaded with boxes that say "SNAP."

The Bulletin

SNAP Benefits, Iran Update, and Practices to Calm Anxiety

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

Federal funding for food assistance, what’s new in Iran, and embodied practices to address anxiety.

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Chinese House Churches Play Matchmaker

Facing pressure from parents, Christian women struggle to find a man.

Jacob Elordi as The Creature in Frankenstein.

Review

In Netflix’s ‘Frankenstein,’ Monster Is More Compelling Than Maker

The Guillermo del Toro adaptation brings unique perspective—but fails to match the depth of its source material.

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More Than a Magic Pill

Kathryn Butler

Rebecca McLaughlin’s latest book shows the radical health benefits of church attendance.

A film still from The Promised Land.

Review

Puns and Pettiness in ‘The Promised Land’

Peter T. Chattaway

The YouTube mockumentary works best when it pulls laughs directly from Exodus.

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Being Human

Lysa TerKeurst on Surviving an Unwanted Divorce and Finding Healing Through Faith

Codependency, narcissism, and the courage to let go

Russell Moore Show Q&A

The Russell Moore Show

Listener Question: Should We Sing Worship Songs By Fallen Songwriters?

Russell takes a listener’s question about whether the work of fallen songwriters and authors should be used for worship.