Enter through the Back Door: In defense of faith and beliefs on a YouTube channel
This article investigates the appropriations and new meanings attributed to Christian practices and dogmas present in the video “Christmas Special” published in the YouTube channel “The Back Door” published in December 2013. This paper presents and discusses the relationship between belief and comic...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2018 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) |
| Repository: | Revista Animus (Santa Maria. Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/24199 |
| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsm.br/animus/article/view/24199 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Christian dogmas. Defense of faith. Porta dos Fundos. Religous belief. YouTube channel. Canal no YouTube Crença religiosa Defesa de fé Dogmas cristãos Porta dos Fundos |
| Summary: | This article investigates the appropriations and new meanings attributed to Christian practices and dogmas present in the video “Christmas Special” published in the YouTube channel “The Back Door” published in December 2013. This paper presents and discusses the relationship between belief and comicality in order to apprehend humor and laughter as questioners of said absolute truths. By analyzing the video in question, we identify some suitable and reevaluated Christian dogmas by the aforementioned channel. We also turn to comments on the official page of this channel on YouTube in order to identify different opinions, defense of faith and beliefs. We conclude that the unquestionable is questioned through humor and the condition of existence in the world is doubted. |
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