Cover Story
Cover Story
Hipster Faith
To remain relevant, many evangelical pastors are following the lead of hipster trendsetters. So what happens when ‘cool’ meets Christ?
Features
In the Shadow of Mount Hood
Meeting God in the mystery of grief.
The Most Diverse Gathering Ever
Lausanne III is pulling a cross-section of 4,000 world leaders to keep the gospel front and center.
The Maverick
Steve Saint’s flying car will take the gospel beyond ‘The Gates of Splendor.’
Sex Offenders in the Pew
How churches are ministering to society’s most despised.
Stuff Christian Hipsters Like
A sidebar to CT’s cover story on ‘Hipster Faith.’
The Refugee Pastor That Could
As a teen growing up in Tennessee, Chansamone Saiyasak vowed to return to Thailand. And he did—with remarkable results.
More from this Issue
Participant First
L. L. Barkat creates in the context of online community.
The Tricky H-Word
Or, how to be a truly ironic hipster.
News
News
A Ministry Grows in Brooklyn
Messianic leaders explore new strategies for reaching the Jewish community in the U.S. and Israel.
Before We Were Hipsters
How Christians of the past 50 years have garnered countercultural street cred.
News
Regent U. Struggles to Stay Afloat (*Updated), Court Rules that Feeding Poor Is Not Religious, and Other News
Important developments in the church and the world.
News
Scholars and ‘Snake-Handlers’
Society of Biblical Literature accused of evangelical pandering—and secular bias.
News
Quotation Marks
Ted Haggard on repentance, Richard Land on immigration, Chris Seiple on book burning, and more.
Reviews
Wilson’s Bookmarks
Brief reviews of ‘Joshua,’ ‘Making Toast,’ and ‘The Mind’s Eye’
Stop Browbeating
The stats on evangelicalism are much better than you’ve been led to believe.
Review
Tragic Humanism
Terry Eagleton argues that evil is not as mysterious or as explainable as we think.
The Apostle of the Golden Age
Classics scholar Sarah Ruden says extraordinary things happen when you read Paul alongside other ancient literature.
Books to Note
Short reviews of recent books worth considering.
My Top 5 Books on The Problem of Evil
Picks from John Stackhouse, author of ‘Can God Be Trusted?’
Ayn Rand: Goddess of the Great Recession
Why Christians should be wary of the late pop philosopher and her disciples.
Views
Dwelling in Heaven’s Suburbs
Creating a culture of resurrection is key to full-orbed ministry.
Faith Unbound
Why spirituality is sexy but religion is not.
Readers Write
Your responses to the July 2010 issue of Christianity Today.
The Ethics of Promoting Democracy
Should the U.S. stay militarily involved in Afghanistan?