Category:Christian Media

Works by Christians, for Christians. Many of these are presented as The Moral Substitute for some variety of The New Rock and Roll that would otherwise corrupt their souls and pollute their precious bodily fluids, so that they can feel like they participate in the greater culture without sinning as badly as they would by indulging in more secular works. Other examples are evangelical works, tracts, essays or pamphlets intended to convince the sinner to come back to God.

Most of the time, examples of Christian Media can come across as ham-handed and unsubtle to those who don't follow the faith (or don't follow it in the same way as the creators do). But every once in a while a "Christian" work can gain an unexpected popularity in the greater culture. For those believers who pride themselves on their separatism, this can pose a difficult problem: if it's being enjoyed by non-Christians, is it a good thing, because it gets the Message across to more people who need to hear it? Or is the greater success proof that the Message has been corrupted or diluted -- or worse, was never there at all?

Please note that this category is for works from the 20th Century and onward, which are (usually) created specifically as a reaction and response to the popularity of some corresponding work in the general culture. While works like The Divine Comedy are unarguably Christian in intent and execution, their intent was not to let True Believers&trade; indulge themselves in a popular form of entertainment without endangering their Immortal Souls&trade;.