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Jesus and Bernie Sanders

According to the journal article, " The Dissonance of “Civil” Religion in Religious-Political Memetic Discourse During the 2016 Presidential Elections", this meme is aimed at a specific group of Christian voters—i.e., Christian Liberals or Progressives—and seeks to draw on their theological convictions to established political credibility for a specific candidate, Bernie Sanders.

Republican Jesus

According to the journal article, "Communicating Mixed Messages about Religion through Internet Memes" this meme highlights the contradiction in religion and politics. "It reads, “And then Republican Jesus said: Only feed the ones who pass the drug test.” This caption alludes to the controversy over proposed Republican policy arguing that Americans on welfare should be drug tested before receiving support.

Chris Stedman

The meme follows the template of Advice Dog and its spin offs but touches more on issues such as the Japan Eathquake Disaster Relief, Hipsterism, Islam, and religion/secularism in general.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/chris-stedman

Hipster Jesus

Hipster Jesus showcases the life of Jesus Christ, as taken from occurrences in the Bible, and presents it in the context of Hipster culture by framing it in a way that it was "cool" before it was mainstream popular culture. This idea of "cool before mainstream" is something indicative of Hipster Culture. The memes suggest superiority in humor (i.e. Hipster Jesus is the "original," or the "first," or "did it before," etc.)

Story Time Jesus

Story Time Jesus memes feature an image of Lars Justinen’s painting, The Parable, which shows a diverse group of people gathered around Jesus Christ as He explains various concepts about creation, life, death, and other Biblical parables. The twelve-meme sample was taken from the website knowyourmeme.com.

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