Open AccessAMERICAN TELEVANGELICAL FRAMES: RELIGIOSITY, SPIRITUALITY, AND COMMODIFICATION
Author(s) -
Nopita Trihastutie
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
lire journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2598-1803
DOI - 10.33019/lire.v3i2.53
Subject(s) - commodification , religiosity , secularization , spirituality , evangelism , faith , prosperity , sociology , political science , religious studies , law , theology , philosophy , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , economics , market economy
A secular state, like United States of America, guarantees the private right of individual to express their religious ideas in public. In the era of media, religious broadcasting serves as a mean for individuals to express their private rights of speech and act based on their faith in public. By taking prosperity televangelical broadcasts as the main object, this article examines several aspects that are critical for understanding the religiousness and the secularization of American televangelism. This article provides an overview of the socio circumstances and movement roots of evangelism, examines the religiosity and spirituality frames in televangelism, and identifies the commodification of the religiosity and spirituality frames.