I recently found a blog with an intriguing post on the likes and dislikes of Christian Hipsters. The author has identified the unique qualities of a new breed of Christian who is proud of his faith, but also actively engaged with modern culture. When writing about authors favored by Christian Hipsters, he provides the following list:

They tend to be fans of any number of the following authors: Flannery O’Connor, Walker Percy, Wendell Berry, Thomas Merton, John Howard Yoder, Walter Brueggemann, N.T. Wright, Brennan Manning, Eugene Peterson, Anne Lamott, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, Henri Nouwen, Soren Kierkegaard, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Annie Dillard, Marilynne Robison, Chuck Klosterman, David Sedaris, or anything ancient and/or philosophically important.

It is hard to argue with this list. By this criteria alone, I suppose I should attend the next hipster meeting…. Who am I kidding, hipsters are too cool for meetings.

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