The Limits of Faith-Based Organizations

Lessons from a Big Idea

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ID21633341
AuthorsZachary Sheldon (0000-0001-9658-8045, Texas A&M University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume71
Issue4
Pages568-583
Publication date2020-08-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunication Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1051-0974 • E-ISSN: 1745-1035
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10510974.2020.1749684
OpenAlexW3015325983
LanguageEN
References cited19

Studies of faith-based organizations (FBOs) often ignore the theologies that inform the communicative behavior and constitution of FBOs. As such, they miss components of how discourse establishes an FBO’s distinct religious identity, and the strategies engaged to maintain that identity. This study uses discourse tracing to look at a particular FBO, Big Idea Entertainment, known for the VeggieTales franchise, to examine how FBOs use symbolic convergence and narrative to navigate questions of religious identity formation and authority in secular and religious venues. Doing so enables the extrapolation of scripturally and theologically-rooted implications for FBOs to maintain religious identities in the face of secular culture

Aesthetics · Collective identity · Constitution · Epistemology · Faith · Linguistics · Narrative · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Religious identity · Secularism · Social science · Sociology · Law · Media, Religion, Digital Communication · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development

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