1st Edition
Christian Influence The Subcultural Narratives of Evangelical Celebrities on Instagram
By Zachary Sheldon
Copyright 2025
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
The book explores the way that discrete kinds of evangelical celebrities—Celebrity Pastors, Women’s Ministry Leaders, Christian-Media Celebrities, and Secular-Media Celebrity... Read more
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
Biography
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.
