4 FACES OF THE FUTURE OF CHRISTIANITY
The LA Times carries an article about the controversial artshow at Biola on the four faces of post-boomer Christianity. CT has an analysis on their weblog.

From CT: Biola University sociologist Dick Flory and University of Southern California religion professor Don Miller are the creators of "Recovery of Ritual," a new exhibit at Biola that, according to the Los Angeles Times, "explores challenges that churches face in attracting younger worshipers."

Four categories are depicted: Reactors, which use "nostalgic efforts that focus on the recovery of reason, seeking to roll back the clock on our postmodern culture;" Imitators, who "hijack portions of popular culture and inject a Christian message;" Reappropriators, who thirst for orthodoxy and are transfixed by the smells and bells of liturgical churches; and Innovators, who want to reinvent the church and focus on "intimate community."

The reactors are the only people that don't seem to cut it, according to the exhibit. And the paradox, of course, is that Biola is itself an institution built on reaction -- perhaps more so than most Christian colleges in the U.S.