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Hipster Christianity

When Church and Cool Collide

by Brett McCracken

  • Paperback
  • 240 pages
  • Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
  • 13.8 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm

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Hipster Christianity is by Self-avowed twenty-something Christian hipster insider Brett McCracken and is a look into the church's relevancy with hipness.

In Hipster Christianity, McCracken describes the changes he saw whilst growing up in the evangelical Christian subculture and the shift from the "stained glass and steeples" old guard of traditional Christianity to a more unorthodox, stylized 21st-century church.

These changes raise a big issue for the church in our modern world - the question of cool. Can Christianity be cool? Should it be? What happens when church and cool collide?

Hipster Christianity is about an emerging category of Christians that McCracken calls 'Christian hipsters,' an unlikely mixture of the American obsession with worldly "cool" and otherworldly religion and an investigation in to what they are about, why they exist, and what it all means for Christianity and the church's relevancy and hipness in today's youth-oriented culture.

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  • Author

    Brett McCracken

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Baker Publishing Group

  • Published

    September 2010

  • Weight

    364g

  • Page Count

    240

  • Dimensions

    13.8 x 21.4 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780801072222

  • ISBN-10

    0801072220

  • Eden Code

    3471222

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    Being hip is about valuing independence, freedom, and reinvention. But when evangelical Christian culture adopts hip's rebellious nature, what happens to the message of the institutional church? In his book debut, magazine editor McCracken steps outside of his own hip subculture to question whether the quest to be hip is turning Christianity into a shape-shifting chameleon with ever-diminishing ecclesiological confidence and cultural legitimacy. This critical analysis reads like a sociological study aimed at evaluating a demographic segment of churchgoers. From the Jesus People of the 1960s to the Missional Church movement of today, McCracken demonstrates how hip came to collide with the values of the church. By bowing to trends in order to reach youth, Christianity may be sacrificing content and authenticity. McCracken's analysis isn't wholly scientific and unbiased; with lists like the 12 common types of hipsters and an appreciation of pop culture, he may unintentionally fuel the very subculture he's attempting to question. Yet his gut check offers a much needed perspective that will make Christian leaders question the direction of their postmodern undertakings. McCracken successfully sets the stage for an important debate.

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