PreachersNSneakers: Authenticity in an Age of For-Profit Faith and (Wannabe) Celebrities

In 2019, Ben Kirby launched PreachersNSneakers, an online experiment that showcased photos of famous religious leaders wearing insanely expensive sneakers and clothing. His cynical captions made him an overnight social media sensation and threw American Christianity into crisis. In PreachersNSneakers: Authenticity in an Age of For-Profit Faith and (Wannabe) Celebrities, Kirby gives these conversations-from consumerism to self-promotion to celebrity pastoring-the space they have always deser...