03368nam 22005055 450 991030062160332120200706033929.03-030-00575-510.1007/978-3-030-00575-7(CKB)4100000007003099(MiAaPQ)EBC5553607(DE-He213)978-3-030-00575-7(EXLCZ)99410000000700309920181012d2018 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAmerican Televangelism and Participatory Cultures Fans, Brands, and Play With Religious "Fakes" /by Denis J. Bekkering1st ed. 2018.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2018.1 online resource (233 pages)Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture3-030-00574-7 1. Introduction -- 2. Robert Tilton, Ironic Fans, and Fake Religions -- 3. A Fan Club, a Fart Tape, and a Tabloid Scandal -- 4. From the Margins to the Mainstream: Recreational Christianity and a Viral Rebranding -- 5. Tammy Faye Bakker, Campy Fandom, and Ludicrous Tragedy -- 6. The Eyes of Tammy Faye and a Complicated Rebranding -- 7. Conclusion.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.”.Contemporary Religion and Popular CultureReligion and sociologyMotion picturesReligion and Societyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1A8020Sociology of Religionhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22210Film/TV Industryhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/413170Religion and sociology.Motion pictures.Religion and Society.Sociology of Religion.Film/TV Industry.269.260973261.52Bekkering Denis Jauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut988529BOOK9910300621603321American Televangelism and Participatory Cultures2260413UNINA