Revoicing the voice of God: The discourse dynamics of parable exegesis in Evangelical Christian talk on YouTube on Prezi
Biblical parables are unique metaphorical
stories which present foundational Christian beliefs, said to be the
authoritative word of God. Use of Biblical metaphorical language presents a
unique affordance for Christians as the metaphors index not only the passages
from which the metaphors are derived, but also the authoritative voice of the
text. In a case study of Biblical metaphor use in online interaction between
Evangelical Christians on YouTube, I show how the dynamic use of Biblical
metaphorical language revoices individual user exegesis and interpretation in
the authoritative voice of the text.
