November 21, 2024

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Culture, Media, and Music Influence Religious Communication for Greater Regard

This collection of individual papers reflects on the cultural influences of social media, music, and Christian slang in and on religion.

Time: 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM EST

Chair: David Weiss, University of New Mexico

Presentations: 

“Worship is Like a Drug”: Music and Culture Change in Contemporary Evangelicalism

Mark Ward Sr., University of Houston, Victoria


The Theorhetorical in Popular Music: Skillet’s Christian Nationalist Dominion

Nathaniel Repay, University of Texas at Austin


Examining Website-Based Mission Statements of Chinese American Churches in the Top Ten United States Cities by Chinese Population

Elaine Fung, Regent University


Faith in the City: An Ethnographic Study of Christian Slang and Public Perception

David Enns, Liberty University