Cool Christianity: The Fashion-Celebrity-Megachurch Industrial Complex

In this article, I analyze the ways in which fashion, megachurches, and celebrity and youth cultures coalesce in the 21st century, giving rise to the phenomenon of “Cool Christianity.” I contend that this repackaged Christianity, directed at the middle-class Millennials and Generation Z, is created...

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Main Author: Rocha, Cristina (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2021
In: Material religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 17, Issue: 5, Pages: 580-602
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Australia / Brazil / Hillsong Church / Youth culture
B Big church / Celebrity / Costume design / Youth culture / Commercial exploitation
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CH Christianity and Society
KBR Latin America
KBS Australia; Oceania
KDG Free church
KDH Christian sects
Further subjects:B Hillsong
B Celebrities
B Fashion
B youth cultures
B Megachurches
B aesthetic formations
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