This Was Jack’s Life
I encountered my first Chick comic at Pine Hill Hunting Camp near Alpena, Michigan. I was a boy, evenings were slow, and somebody had left… Read More »This Was Jack’s Life
Popular culture
Intensely audience-conscious and market-driven
Many conservative evangelical and even fundamentalist churches today have transformed the Christian faith into a kind of pop-culture version of The Way. This change began… Read More »Intensely audience-conscious and market-driven
The Democratization of American Christianity by Nathan O. Hatch
“Fundamentalists and Pentecostals share all the virtues and vices of popular culture,” says Nathan Hatch as he applies his analysis of the development of American… Read More »The Democratization of American Christianity by Nathan O. Hatch
Wrested . . . from churchly control
Nathan Hatch, in his Democratization of American Christianity, writes concerning the changes in American religion due to the implicit notion of the “Sovereign Audience”: Popular… Read More »Wrested . . . from churchly control
On the suggestion that ‘holy hip hop’ is the new Baroque
Anthony Bradley recently submitted a commentary for World magazine publicizing ‘holy hip hop.’ He writes, “If you are looking for theologically saturated Christian music that… Read More »On the suggestion that ‘holy hip hop’ is the new Baroque
The Internet, Short Attention Spans, and Preaching
Our attention spans are shrinking. This is not news, and perhaps I’ve already lost you. Thoughtful people have said that the impressive array of media… Read More »The Internet, Short Attention Spans, and Preaching
Fashion is arbitrary
Reflecting on the demise of Crystal Cathedral, Harriet Baber wrote in the Guardian this stinging indictment of American evangelicalism: Of course we don’t expect popular… Read More »Fashion is arbitrary