期刊全称 | American Televangelism and Participatory Cultures | 期刊简称 | Fans, Brands, and Pl | 影响因子2023 | Denis J. Bekkering | 视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/155/154601/154601.mp4 | 发行地址 | Offers a new way of looking at television preaching, as it focuses on unintended fans of televangelists – individuals who found these preachers amusing rather than uplifting.Challenges research on rel | 学科分类 | Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .This book examines unintended participatory cultures and media surrounding the American televangelists Robert Tilton and Tammy Faye Bakker-Messner. It brings to light heavily ironic fan followings; print, audio, and video projects; public access television parodies; and other comedic participatory practices associated with these controversial preachers from the 1980s onwards. For Tilton’s ministry, some of these activities and artifacts would prove irksome and even threatening, particularly an analog video remix turned online viral sensation. In contrast, Bakker-Messner’s “campy” fans – gay men attracted to her “ludicrous tragedy” – would provide her unexpected opportunities for career rehabilitation... Denis J. Bekkering. .challenges “supply-side” religious economy and branding approaches, suggestions of novelty in religion and “new” media studies, and the emphasis on sincere devotion in research on religion and fandom. He also highlights how everyday individuals have long participated in public negotiations of Christian authenticity through tongue-in-cheek play with purported religious “fakes.”. | Pindex | Book 2018 |
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