Of Animatronic Praise Bands and Worship-Leading Chickens: The Serious Business of Evangelical Christian Worship Parody Videos
Worship music parody videos are one of the key elements within evangelical Christian "joking culture." The musically facilitated "worship experience" is among evangelicalism's most sacred rituals, and worship parody creators must carefully negotiate the line between humor an...
| Published in: | Journal of religion and popular culture |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
2022
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| In: |
Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Evangelical movement
/ Parody
/ Church singing
/ Sacrament
/ Music video
/ Humor
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| RelBib Classification: | KBQ North America KDG Free church RD Hymnology ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
YouTube parody
B Christian worship B Digital Culture B Evangelicalism B Humor |
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| Summary: | Worship music parody videos are one of the key elements within evangelical Christian "joking culture." The musically facilitated "worship experience" is among evangelicalism's most sacred rituals, and worship parody creators must carefully negotiate the line between humor and profanity. Drawing from textual analysis of selected blogs, forums, and YouTube comments, this article demonstrates the comedic and serious roles these videos play. Worship parodies demonstrate how evangelicals employ humor around one of their most sacred practices to question the boundaries of what is sacred, engage in discourse about power and morality, mediate internal disagreements, and shore up a shared religious identity. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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