Journal of Religion Media and Digital Culture· 2026Q1
The Famous Faithful: Classifying Evangelical Celebrities on Social Media
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This article proposes a new classification schema for evangelical celebrities on social media, moving beyond applying religious concepts to secular figures.
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Key points
- Introduces a classificatory schema for evangelical celebrities on social media.
- Reverses the trend of applying religious concepts to secular celebrities.
- Focuses on celebrities who emerge within and contribute to specific religious contexts.
- Serves as a starting point for discussions on religious celebrity and social media.
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Abstract
Abstract Studies of media, religion, and society have often connected religion and celebrity culture in ways that apply religious concepts and terminology to secular celebrities. This article reverses this trend and calls attention to the importance of religious celebrities, or celebrities who specifically emerge within and contribute to specific religious contexts. After reviewing recent literature at the intersections of celebrity, influencer, and religious cultures, this article offers a basic classificatory schema that describes distinct types of religious celebrities within the evangelical Christian context in the United States. These categories, descriptions, and definitions serve as the starting point for discussions about religious celebrity, social media, and culture, and invite complication, clarification, and diversification by future research.
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