Dr. Jessica Johnson and the Affects of Biblical Porn
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.26791Keywords:
affect, evangelicalism, mars hill, mark driscoll, ethnographyAbstract
The Interview brings Bulletin readers into contact with scholars whose work signals currents or shifts in the field. In this edition, Bulletin Editor Richard Newton sits down with Jessica Johnson, an ethnographer of religion whose research on Mars Hill Church and Mark Driscoll deepened our understanding of an intriguing site of discourse, affect, media, and biblicism in the North American evangelical context. All the while, Johnson helps us understand the complexities and possibilities for those seeking to do ethnographic research in religious studies.
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