Jason Morehead

The Divine Guide in Terrence Malick’s “Tree of Life”

Brett McCracken explores one of the more mysterious characters in The Tree of Life, and the theological ramifications of their identity. Among the many questions prompted by a close viewing of this finale sequence–and indeed, the whole film–is the identity and meaning of the mystery woman seen with Jessica Chastain’s older and younger self in […]

James K. A. Smith

Poser Christianity

Brett McCracken. Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool Collide. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2010. 255 pages. $10.87 paperback (Amazon). Click here or on the image below to purchase Hipster Christianity from Amazon.com and help support The Other Journal. When I was a teenager, I was religiously devoted to freestyle BMX: flatland, street, vert, all of it. It […]