Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/Habari Gani to all who celebrate (and enjoy the public holidays to everyone else)! We draw on our years of Catholic guilt (Ava) and heathenry (Clea) to unpack how Christianity became hot again. We also share the religious education we have gained through TikTok, including 'Jesus is my Boyfriend', 'Christian Girl Autumn', and the truly disturbing phenomenon that is soaking. Enjoy!

Required Reading:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/17/joel-osteen-kenneth-copeland-10-televangelists-trouble/1471926001/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/us/carl-lentz-hillsong-pastor.html

https://businessnewsroom.deakin.edu.au/articles/the-rise-and-rise-of-hillsong-and-what-other-australian-churches-should-learn-from-them#:~:text=The%20online%20popularity%20of%20the,its%20services%20every%20week%20globally.

https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/8/14/20804030/christian-girl-autumn-meme-hot-girl-summer-explained

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-02-15/hillsong-accused-of-misleading-indigneous-community/799184

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-20/the-christian-converts-who-are-setting-fire-to-sacred-aboriginal/11527402

Music Credit:

https://uppbeat.io/t/cruen/the-lowdown

License code: PPH9FBEMASHOI7PB

https://uppbeat.io/t/cruen/in-the-now

License code: 5WQG1LQRLH7QMYPC

NB: All opinions are our own and this podcast is for humorous and fun analytical discourse only!