How Kerouac's On the Road Created a Generation of Half-Believers
eBook - ePub

How Kerouac's On the Road Created a Generation of Half-Believers

Adapted from The Road Trip that Changed the World

  1. 32 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

How Kerouac's On the Road Created a Generation of Half-Believers

Adapted from The Road Trip that Changed the World

About this book

The content in this short e-book is excerpted from The Road Trip That Changed the World, by Mark Sayers. The book examines the influence of Jack Kerouac on Western Culture and the Church from a Christian perspective.

We live in a culture of the road—restless for adventure, glorifying experience, seeing life as a journey. Dissatisfied with where we are, we are constantly on the move to redefine our sense of home.

Why do we see the world like this? How did we come to believe that our best chance of finding home is to be constantly moving?

Jack Kerouac was one of America’s original proponents of the culture of the road, documenting his famous road trip across America in his classic work, On the Road. The standards he set forth in that book have influenced Western culture and church so much that we still read his book, echo his philosophies, and make movies in the vein of his iconic road trip. (A movie adaptation of On the Road is set to release winter 2012.)

In this twenty-minute read, Australian cultural commentator Mark Sayers examines how Kerouac’s influence has shaped Western traditions, our cultural identity, and the church. By analyzing our culture of the road and its influence on us, he leads us to understanding what it means to have a true sense of home.

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Information

Publisher
Moody Publishers
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9780802489401
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. CONTENTS
  5. Part One: From Home to the Road
  6. Part Two: The Journey
  7. Notes