
TGC Podcast Article on Audio: The Challenge and Opportunity of Metamodern Christianity
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Mar 24, 2026 Brett McCracken, author and commentator on Christian cultural trends, reads an article on metamodern Christianity. He defines metamodernism and its oscillating mood. He warns about bespoke, aesthetic-driven faith and explains aesthetic conversion and the Nova effect. He explores church cohesion, a hunger for stable truth, Christianity's constructive telos, moral formation, and revival potential among Gen Z.
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Metamodernism Is Oscillation Not Replacement
- Metamodernism oscillates between modern and postmodern postures rather than replacing them outright.
- Brett McCracken explains the metamodern mood synthesizes modern certainty and postmodern skepticism, shaping cultural tastes since the late 1990s.
Aesthetic Conversion Without Theological Change
- Many young converts switch to Anglican aesthetics but keep Baptist convictions like believer's baptism.
- McCracken recounts an Anglican church filled with former Baptists who declined infant baptism despite embracing the liturgy.
Religion As Custom Curated Consumer Choice
- Online culture enables a bespoke, salad-bar spirituality where people curate bits from many traditions.
- McCracken ties this to consumer logic and the Nova effect, making coherent inherited belief systems rare.

