Nancy wrote asking why, in relation to the Christian Bookseller's Association, everything is a knock-off of popular culture. Christian hip-hop music, Christian alternative music, "the ya-ya sisterhood begets the yada-yada prayer group".
I think that Christians are on the defensive now and our faith is weak. The great works of Christendom came when everyone was Christian - not enough good writers and artists are Christian now to get the "synergy" going to create good art.
Kids grow up in nominally Christian homes, so they learn to like hip-hop & nihilistic music before their conversions. And they still like the music, post-conversion, if not the lyrics. Asking kids (or anyone) not to be conformists is asking a lot.
If serious Christianity became mainstream, we'd have more risk-takers, with better art as a byproduct.
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