Analysis of an Evangelical Podcast

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Abstract

Evangelical podcasts are being heard by thousands of media-seekers throughout the United States each week, effectively changing the way people interact with local churches and view religious communities. This paper explores this phenomenon with a rhetorical analysis of a podcast by Pastor Mark Driscoll, whose online crowd outnumbers his church attendees ten-to-one. It uses a postmodern perspective to discover possible reasons for the trend, as well as the implications that podcasts have on religious communities.

Author

• Zoe Hess Carney, Texas A&M University