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Gabriel Mckee, a graduate of Hampshire College and Harvard Divinity School, is the author of two books on religion and science fiction. The first, Pink Beams of Light from the God in the Gutter: The Science-Fictional Religion of Philip K. Dick, is available now from the University Press of America. The second, The Gospel According to Science Fiction: From the Twilight Zone to the Final Frontier, was released in January 2007 by Westminster-John Knox Press.

He blogs at SF Gospel.

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Day 1: Cornerstone Christian Music Festival Diary

By Gabriel Mckee
July 15, 2009

A video diary from an evangelical music and culture festival near Bushnell, Illinois.

Gabe McKee, reporting from Illinois.

RD contributor Gabe McKee attended the recent Cornerstone Festival, a yearly extravaganza featuring hundreds of Christian bands, artists and performers of all kinds.

In the first video diary below, Gabe talks about "The Imaginarium," the festival lineup and the mixed bag of old school, anti-gay, sponsors and newer nonprofits with an international humanitarian focus:

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