"Wonderful", "Hot", "Good" Priests: Clergy on Contemporary British TV and the New Visibility of Religion Thesis

This article examines the "new visibility of religion" thesis through a case study of recent depictions of priests and ministers in British television drama and comedy. It focuses on four award-winning shows produced between 2009 and 2019 with clergy as central characters: Broadchurch, Bro...

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Main Author: Crome, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2020]
In: Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 1
Further subjects:B religion and media
B Television
B new visibility of religion
B Priests
B Secularisation
B Church of England
B British religion
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