#ChristianCheck: TikTok and the Construction of Generation Z Faith

This paper examines the media practices of young Christians as expressed in the TikTok trend “#ChristianCheck,” a challenge in which TikTokers create videos displaying objects that represent their faith. Through #ChristianCheck, Christian TikTokers emphasize the tangibility of their faith at a time...

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Authors: Hamm, Margaret (Author) ; Hoeting, Kate (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-29
Further subjects:B Lived Religion
B Material Culture
B Social media
B Religion
B TikTok
B Christianity
B Generation Z
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Summary:This paper examines the media practices of young Christians as expressed in the TikTok trend “#ChristianCheck,” a challenge in which TikTokers create videos displaying objects that represent their faith. Through #ChristianCheck, Christian TikTokers emphasize the tangibility of their faith at a time when United States media expresses anxiety over the “dilution” of Christianity in a new generation of non-religious teens to whom the tangible components of religion do not seem to matter. Ultimately, in the face of notions that Christianity is “dead” or “uncool,” Generation Z TikTokers pose their own understandings of Christianity through reiterative processes oriented around race- and gender-based values.
ISSN:2165-9214
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/21659214-bja10088