@article {1993,
	title = {Facebooking Religion and the Technologization of the Religious Discourse: A Case Study of a Botswana-based Prophetic Church},
	journal = {Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet},
	volume = {11},
	year = {2016},
	month = {12/2016},
	pages = {26},
	type = {Research},
	chapter = {66},
	abstract = {Technologization of discourse is generally conceptualized as a process of influencing people{\textquoteright}s way of thinking through the use of certain linguistic strategies. In this process, power is exercised through the use of linguistic strategies that shape the construction of identity as well as socio-religious vision. This study analyzes the ways in which certain linguistic strategies and religious discourses used in Facebook posts, reviews and comments on a religion-based Facebook page create and shape the narratives of religious authority, religious identity and religious community. Using the Facebook page of a popular prophetic Christian church in Botswana, Gospel of God{\textquoteright}s Grace (3G Ministries), as a case study, this study examines the following questions: in what ways can an active religion-based Facebook page reconfigure and provide a platform for religious practice? To what extent does the use of various linguistic strategies inform and shape religious discourses found in various Facebook postings and comments? And how does a religious Facebook page provide a venue for the discursive interpretation of religious authority, the negotiation of religious identity and the development of socio-religious vision?},
	keywords = {Facebook, identity construction, religious authority, technologization},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.17885/heiup.rel.2016.0.23628	},
	author = {Faimau, Gabriel},
	editor = {Behrens, Camden}
}
@article {1991,
	title = {The dynamics and digitisation of religious testimonies: a case of prophetic ministries in Botswana},
	journal = {Anthropology Southern Africa},
	volume = {40},
	year = {2017},
	month = {07/2017},
	pages = {10},
	type = {Research},
	chapter = {85},
	abstract = {A major element in the religious practice of believers in prophetic Christianity is the sharing of religious testimonies. Focusing on prophetic ministries in Botswana, this paper examines the nature and function of religious testimonies and the dynamics of their digitisation and online circulation. It explores the ways in which religious testimonies mediate or extend the reach of prophetic ministries. Using data collected through fieldwork observation, in-depth interviews and digital ethnography, I argue that the sharing of testimony within Pentecostal Christian circles can be described as a system of institutional performance that aims to direct the spiritual development of believers, reinforce the central place and authority of a prophet and advance the institutional identity of a prophetic ministry.},
	author = {Faimau, Gabriel}
}
