evidence: The Book of Yeezus is sitting in my lap. The red ribbon bookmark directs me to the first chapter of Genesis which reads: "In the beginning, Kanye created the heaven and the earth." The rest of the book reads just as the Biblical book of Genesis does, and continues to describe the rest of the creation of Earth, Adam and Eve and their descendants, all the way to the final chapter, in which Joseph dies. There is only one thing different about this version that sits in my lap: at every mention of God, His name is replaced with "Kanye" and "Yeezus." [...] In his essay about religion and fandom, Henry Jenkins asserts that fandom can take on religious valences as it creates communities and produces agreement. By creating their own community around West and producing their own art about West, his fans directly align with these ideas. As a community, Kanye West’s fans have funneled their adoration into many different channels. It is because of West’s fans that someone removed God’s name from the Book of Genesis and replaced it with "Kanye" and "Yeezus." And ultimately, it was West’s fans who organized themselves together to for the Church of Yeezus. West’s music serves as a "ready body of common references that facilitates communication" between fans. These people may never actually meet in real life, they are connected through their own "shared texts"—West’s music.