Digital Creatives and the Rethinking of Religious Authority

ISBN-13: 9781138370920 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 226 str.

Heidi A. Campbell

Opis

Digital Creatives and the Rethinking of Religious Authority explores the ways in which religiously-inspired digital media experts and influencers online challenge established religious leaders and those who seek to maintain institutional structures in a world where online and offline religious spaces are increasingly intertwined.

Spis treści

Introduction  Chapter 1: Investigating Approaches to the Study of Authority  Chapter 2: Defining Religious Digital Creatives  Chapter 3: Christian Digital Creatives' Performance of Authority: Enacting Media-Making Narratives and a Technological Apologetic  Chapter 4: Digital Entrepreneurs: Internet-Empowering Visionary Technology Influencers  Chapter 5: Digital Spokespersons: The Rise of Institutional Identity Curators  Chapter 6: Digital Strategists: Acting as Missional Media Negotiators  Chapter 7: How Christian Digital Creatives Understand and Perform Authority  Chapter 8: How Christian Digital Creatives Enact a Technological Apologetic  Conclusion: Rethinking Authority Through the Work of Religious Digital Creatives  Bibliography  Index