Show Notes
James Isenhower of the Everything is OK podcast joins Danny for a discussion about Christian culture’s reliance upon celebrity. What’s valuable and what’s pernicious about this practice? A quasi-sequel to our previous “Celebrity Liberalism” episode, we leave no stone (a few at the most) unturned in our exploration of Celebrity Culture’s invasion of the Christian imagination.
Topics:
All about the Everything is OK podcast
Podcasting as “fluffing your own ego”
Potential problems with celebritism in xtianity
The poisonous effects of the American Dream and the elevation of the self
What kind of celebrities are we talking about?
Sports and Christianity (God wants Auburn to win)
Christian Persecution Complex
Zach Hoag on Celebrity Christianity
Duck Dynasty
Celebritism in Lefty Christianity as well
Pastor as celebrity
Rob Bell
HGTV’s Joanna Gaines and Celebrity as sign of God’s blessing
“Celebrity as an excuse to sanctify things that shouldn’t be sanctified”
Celebrity as ambassador to systemic injustice
“You want a country founded on Christianity”
Q: Are we not celebrities? A: We are podcasters!
Tony Hale as a better version of Christian celebrity
Celebrities in their cars making cell phone videos
Danny staying in the institutional church
Sharing Pharoah Dave Ramses stories (H/T Nathan Gilmour)
James destroys argument x on social media
When Celebrity Christianity Backfires
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Calling Out Celebrity Christianity and Counterfeit Justice
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Tony Hale talks about being a Christian in Hollywood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdJJg3dO03w
The Gathering Testimony: Joanna Gaines
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7iPEDnqwm0
Celebrity isn’t just harmless fun – it’s the smiling face of the corporate machine | George Monbiot
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everything is ok
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