Christian Influence - The Subcultural Narratives of Evangelical Celebrities on Instagram

Christian Influence examines how understudied evangelical media celebrities use Instagram to cultivate religious authority and to convey distinctive subcultural narratives about evangelical values and culture today.

List of contents

1. Christianity, Media, and Celebrity 2. Four Subcultural Narratives 3. Celebrity Pastors: Authority and Admonition 4. Women’s Ministry Leaders: Transgression and Tradition 5. Christian-Media Celebrities: Charisma and Commodity 6. Secular-Media Celebrity Christians: Balance and Blurring

About the author

Zachary Sheldon is a lecturer in the Department of Film and Digital Media at Baylor University, USA. His research on religion and religious media has appeared in venues such as Communication Studies, the Journal of Media and Religion, and the Journal of Communication & Religion.

Summary

Christian Influence examines how understudied evangelical media celebrities use Instagram to cultivate religious authority and to convey distinctive subcultural narratives about evangelical values and culture today.

Product details

• Authors: Zachary Sheldon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.2024
• EAN: 9781032691244
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3269124-4
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Routledge Research in Religion, Media and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Religion: general, Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches, Other Nonconformist and Evangelical Churches