"Bog off Dog Breath! You're Talking Pants!" Swearing as Witness Evangelism in Student Evangelical Groups.
It has been widely noted that formerly taboo sexual swearing is an increasing part of contemporary popular culture, especially among the young. It has equally been observed that evangelical Christians (or at least evangelical Christian students) tend to swear in an idiosyncratic way (e.g., Bramadat...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Religion & Popular Culture Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 2 - 3 |
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