The Deep Contradictions of Christian Pop Culture

I've tried to limit the number of books I'm going to get for summer reading, but I think I just found another - Rapture Ready by Dan Radosh.

The following is part of Slate's review of the book:

At a Christian retail show Radosh attends, there are rip-off trinkets of
every kind - a Christian version of My Little Pony and the mood ring.
There are Christian raves and Christian rappers and Christian techno, which is
somehow more Christian even though there are no words. There are Christian
comedians who put on a Christian version of Punk'd, called Prank
3:16.

At some point, Radosh asks the obvious question: Didn't Jesus chase
the money changers out of the temple? In other words, isn't there
something wrong with commercializing all aspects of faith?

What does commercializing do to the substance of belief? and what does an
infusion of belief do to the product? When you make a loving Christ sound
just like loving your boyfriend, you can do damage to both your faith and your
ballad.

Its always been a stretch to defend Christian pop culture as the path to
eternal salvation. Now, they may have to face up to the fact that it's
more like an eternal oxymoron.

Thank-you. Someone had to say it.