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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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Salgado, Tiago Barcelos Pereira, Guimarães, Bruno Menezes Andrade
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
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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.