{"id":29,"date":"2026-09-23T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project-space.pstype.ch\/zeitkerben\/?p=29"},"modified":"2026-11-03T05:25:58","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T05:25:58","slug":"sinnfluencer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/en\/sinnfluencer\/","title":{"rendered":"Influencer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meaningful influencers, or \u2013 what do influencers have to do with saints, and their followers with believers?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b8a068c0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Both can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"wp-block-list has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\">\n<li>Providing guidance, helping in everyday life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Being role models<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To exert influence and convey closeness despite spatial distance (from the sky or the cloud).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">Marketing and worship are also similar:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"line-height:1.2\" class=\"wp-block-list has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4\">\n<li>The ring light \"halo\" symbolizes this connection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then: Trade in relics and devotional items. Today: Trade in perfume and merchandise. Goal: To own a piece of the idol's identity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Influencers in today's secular society often fulfill the same psychological and social functions as saints did in the Middle Ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1c2e371b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Since the beginning of the 2000s, the term \"influencer \" (from the English \"to influence\") has been used to describe multipliers who use their strong presence and reputation on social networks to promote products, lifestyles, or political ideologies, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-x-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">(wikipedia 17.07.2026)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large);grid-template-columns:42% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"994\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BruderKlaus_newCombi-994x1024.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1234 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BruderKlaus_newCombi-994x1024.avif 994w, https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BruderKlaus_newCombi-291x300.avif 291w, https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BruderKlaus_newCombi-768x791.avif 768w, https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BruderKlaus_newCombi.avif 1378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-primary-alt-color has-text-color has-link-color has-pt-serif-font-family has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:400\">\"To be canonized, even as an influencer you first have to perform some miracles after your death.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Living people could not be canonized. But a large following during their lifetime certainly favored the process of their canonization by the Roman Catholic Church after their death, both in the Middle Ages and even to this day.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8023340a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--x-large);padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-outermost-icon-block items-justified-center\"><div class=\"icon-container has-icon-color\" style=\"color:#f5b73d;width:62px;transform:rotate(0deg) scaleX(1) scaleY(1)\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" viewbox=\"0 0 121.22 201.65\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M102.07,122.38h-40.51v77.08h-20v-77.08H1.98v-20h39.58v-36.72h20v36.72h40.51v20ZM90.02,9.8c-14.27-7.23-28.4-7.31-28.99-7.31v10c1.94,0,47,.73,48.43,46.91h10c-.78-28.97-16.33-42.95-29.43-49.59ZM89.04,31.66c-9.78-9.39-23.48-10.48-28.03-10.58v10.01c3.43.1,14.06.98,21.15,7.83,4.7,4.54,9.21,12.04,9.21,20.34h10c0-11.15-5.56-21.1-12.33-27.6ZM77.62,45.44c-5.49-5.07-13.15-5.68-16.6-5.67v10c2.45,0,7.14.53,9.85,3.04,1.62,1.51,2.42,3.67,2.42,6.59h10c0-5.72-1.96-10.55-5.66-13.96Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:90%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Since the Church itself uses the internet, there is now even an influencer saint: Carlo Acutis was an Italian teenager and as passionate a gamer as he was a collector of Catholic Eucharistic miracles. He died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15. The media and the Catholic Church have dubbed him the influencer of God or the patron saint of the internet. His canonization in 2025 by Pope Leo XIV made him the first saint of the YouTube and TikTok generation.\u2028https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlo_Acutis )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-border-light-border-color has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7cf01583 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-top-left-radius:10px;border-top-right-radius:10px;border-bottom-left-radius:10px;border-bottom-right-radius:10px;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-alt-background-color has-background is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f373341a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:10px;border-top-right-radius:10px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-outermost-icon-block\"><div class=\"icon-container has-icon-color has-base-color\" style=\"color:#fff;width:100px;transform:rotate(0deg) scaleX(1) scaleY(1)\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"24px\" viewbox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\"><path d=\"M589.5-372.5Q602-385 602-402t-12.5-29.5Q577-444 560-444t-29.5 12.5Q518-419 518-402t12.5 29.5Q543-360 560-360t29.5-12.5ZM530-488h60q0-29 6-42.5t28-35.5q30-30 40-48.5t10-43.5q0-45-31.5-73.5T560-760q-41 0-71.5 23T446-676l54 22q9-25 24.5-37.5T560-704q24 0 39 13.5t15 36.5q0 14-8 26.5T578-596q-33 29-40.5 45.5T530-488ZM320-240q-33 0-56.5-23.5T240-320v-480q0-33 23.5-56.5T320-880h480q33 0 56.5 23.5T880-800v480q0 33-23.5 56.5T800-240H320Zm0-80h480v-480H320v480ZM160-80q-33 0-56.5-23.5T80-160v-560h80v560h560v80H160Zm160-720v480-480Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad256a3a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--medium);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Back then: If a person\u2019s martyrdom was seen by church leaders as a sign of divine election, why didn\u2019t that prevent them from having people of other faiths or nonbelievers tortured and killed?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Heute: Was bringt Menschen dazu, Influencern, die Hass auf andere Menschen predigen, zu liken und ihnen zu folgen?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinnfluencer oder \u2013 Was haben Influencer mit Heiligen, ihre Follower mit Gl\u00e4ubigen zu tun? Beide k\u00f6nnen: Auch Vermarktung und Verehrung \u00e4hneln sich: Influencer erfu\u0308llen in unserer heutigen, s\u00e4kularen Gesellschaft oft genau dieselben psychologischen und sozialen Funktionen, wie sie Heilige im Mittelalter erfu\u0308llten. Als Influencer von englisch \u00abto influence\u00bb (deutsch Einfluss nehmen, beeinflussen) werden seit dem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-das-mittelalter-im-heute-de"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3184,"href":"https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/3184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeitkerben.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}