Developing religious literacy through popular culture fandom: engaging religious issues in Fleabag fan fiction

This article analyses 120 fan-authored stories focusing on the character of the ‘Hot Priest’ in the television comedy Fleabag (BBC/Amazon 2016–2019), examining how fans use their fandom to explore religious issues and develop religious and theological literacy. This challenges the ‘banality’ of medi...

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Main Author: Crome, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. 2023
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 38, Issue: 3, Pages: 449-467
Further subjects:B Fandom
B Media
B Religion
B Popular Culture
B Fleabag
B Fan fiction
B Religious Literacy
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