Catching the Spirit with Amanda Van Oort

In this episode, Olivia chats with Amanda Van Oort about her paper, “Catching the Spirit: Dynamics of Spiritual Capital in the Coupling of American Evangelicalism and Media Technology.” They dig into a conversation surrounding the interplay of celebrity, religion, profit, and politics to look at Evangelical Christianity in the United States while drawing from examples like televangelism, Kanye West, Justin Bieber and buying your way into heaven for just three easy instalments.