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Brett McCracken is a Los Angeles-based journalist. He is the author of Hipster Christianity (2010) and Gray Matters (2013), and has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, CNN.com, the Princeton Theological Review, Mediascape, Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Relevant, IMAGE Journal, Q Ideas, and Conversantlife.com. A graduate of Wheaton College and UCLA, Brett currently works as managing editor for Biola Magazine and teaches at Biola University.
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Brett McCracken is a Los Angeles-based journalist. He is the author of Hipster Christianity (2010) and Gray Matters (2013), and has written for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, CNN.com, the Princeton Theological Review, Mediascape, Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Relevant, IMAGE Journal, Q Ideas, and Conversantlife.com. A graduate of Wheaton College and UCLA, Brett currently works as managing editor for Biola Magazine and teaches at Biola University.
Brett McCrackenCultureEvangelicalismFormation
Brett McCracken describes the impetus & objectives for his new book, the follow-up to "Hipster Christianity."
Brett McCrackenTechnologyLiteratureTheology and Practicec.s. lewisjoyZadie SmithMarilynne Robinsonpleasure
Zadie Smith, C.S. Lewis, and the differences between joy and pleasure in the 21st century
Brett McCrackenFilm Reviews/HollywoodQuentin Tarantinotorturemovie violenceZero Dark ThirtyNewtownKathryn Bigelow
In a movie, does depiction equal endorsement? A look at the controversies in Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" & Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained."
Brett McCrackenFilm Reviews/HollywoodSiegfried KracauerTom HooperVictor HugoMichael GersonLes Miserablesfilm theory
Tom Hooper's "Les Miserables" is criticized as often as it is lauded. Critic Brett McCracken takes a look at why it's OK that "Les Mis" moves us.
Brett McCrackenPoliticsCurrent Politics
Mitt Romney isn't the perfect candidate for President. But here are five reasons why he might be the best candidate we have.
Brett McCracken
Social media can become negative and insular quickly. But Christians should play differently online.
Brett McCracken
It’s a mistake to assume patriotism is the same thing as nationalism, and that patriotism is a manufactured extension of hegemonic ideology.
