Style: Yo, Where's My Bible?

Suddenly hip, sacred themes are everywhere, from T shirts to 'zines

Girls spill it all! And how to make cash fast may sound like headlines from the latest issue of Maxim. But they're actually among the features in Refuel, a new Bible for teenage boys that's packaged like a skateboarding magazine. The "Bible-zine" covers topics as diverse as plantar warts (duct tape works wonders) and pornography (check out exxit.org to fight the temptation)-- alongside the complete New Testament. "The main criticism we get is that we have trivialized scripture by putting images of girls on the same page," says Laurie Whaley, a brand manager at Thomas Nelson Inc., the Bible...

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