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September 14, 2006
Driscoll in Salon Magazine
Mark Driscoll is featured in Salon Magazine, in an article titled, Come as you are, with the subtitle/heading of "At Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Snoop Dogg figures in sermons, housewives cradle babies in tattooed arms -- and religious fundamentalism rules. Meet the Disciple Generation, the fierce new face of American evangelism."
(my own personal disclaimer: the article contains some graphic language, so read at your own risk)
The article is written by the author of the new book, Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement, Lauren Sandler, a self-described born-again atheist.
Here is an opening excerpt:
Mars Hill wrests future converts searching for identity and purpose from the dominion of available sex and drugs that still make post-grunge Seattle a countercultural destination. Driscoll promises his followers they don't have to reprogram their iTunes catalog along with their beliefs--culture from outside the Christian fold isn't just tolerated here, it's cherished. Hipster culture is what sweetens the proverbial Kool-Aid, which parishioners here seem to gulp by the gallon. This is a land where housewives cradle babies in tattooed arms, where young men balance responsibilities as breadwinners in their families and lead guitarists in their local rock bands, and where biblical orthodoxy rules as strictly as in Hasidism or Opus Dei.
Posted by rhett at September 14, 2006 11:06 AM
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