Pray for Micah

Ep 19: "The Unruly Souls of Spiritual Outcasts" w/ Kristin Peterson

Episode Summary

Micah hosts a new friend to the show, Dr. Kristin Peterson, who is an assistant professor in the department of communication at Boston College and teaches courses related to the intersections of media and religion. Kristin's research focuses on religious expression in digital media, specifically examining how young people engage with online media sites, images, videos and creative projects as spaces to develop meaning and for feminist activism. She is the author of Unruly Souls: The Digital Activism of Muslim and Christian Feminists (Rutgers University Press, 2022), as well as articles and book chapters on Muslim Instagram influencers, the #ChurchToo, and #MosqueMeToo movements.