{"product_id":"christian-influence-the-subcultural-narratives-of-evangelical-celebrities-on-instagram-paperback","title":"Christian Influence: The Subcultural Narratives of Evangelical Celebrities on Instagram - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZachary Sheldon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Influence \u003c\/i\u003eexamines how understudied evangelical media celebrities use Instagram to cultivate religious authority and to convey distinctive subcultural narratives about evangelical values and culture today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book explores the way that discrete kinds of evangelical celebrities--Celebrity Pastors, Women's Ministry Leaders, Christian-Media Celebrities, and Secular-Media Celebrity Christians--all used Instagram across 2020-2021 to perform specific subcultural narratives to their followers. Detailing these narratives gives unique insights into how the authority of celebrities and the affordances of social media are combining to challenge the strictures of authority within evangelicalism and raises questions about celebrity power in the contemporary shaping and reshaping of evangelical culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Influence \u003c\/i\u003eis a useful and timely read for scholars with an interest in evangelicalism specifically, or religion and religious studies, media and cultural studies, sociology of religion, and communication more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZachary Sheldon\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eCommunication Studies\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Media and Religion\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Communication \u0026amp; Religion\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 172\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53043207504179,"sku":"9781032691251","price":99.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/X-IKT-kqkB9781032691251.webp?v=1770840779","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/christian-influence-the-subcultural-narratives-of-evangelical-celebrities-on-instagram-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}