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The "Inner Ring" Problem
My book, Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool Collide, comes out next week, and in it I ask one fundamental question: Is “cool Christianity” a good thing? Many will say that making the church “cool” is simply a means to an end—to spread the Gospel in a world where cool is the most efficient conduit of communication. Isn't it simply about "all things to all people" contextualization? Others will say that cool Christianity is an abomination, and never a good thing. What do I think? I think it all has to do with what sort of “cool” we are talking about....
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Drive-By Art
So much of Exit Through the Gift Shop is shrouded in mystery. The documentary film’s (purported) creator, Banksy, is an elusive British graffiti artist whose identity is unknown, even though he’s the darling of the international art world who routinely sells screen prints for six figure prices. In his first foray into film, Banksy presents us with a characteristically enigmatic but....
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Memoir by Lauren Winner, Poetry by James Harpur, Art by Guy Chase and Adrian Wiszniewski
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