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Digital creatives and the rethinking of religious authority

London; New York: Routledge (2020), ix, 226 pp.

Contains bibliogr. pp. 210-217, index

Series: Media, Religion and Culture

ISBN 978-1-138-37097-5 (pbk); 978-1-003-04562-5 (online)ISSN

"The book Digital Creatives and the Rethinking of Religious Authority makes a valuable contribution to the study of how religious authority is evolving in the digital age. The author synthesizes previous research and introduces a new framework for categorizing types of religious authority in digital spaces. Building upon Anderson’s earlier typology, Campbell significantly advances this framework through her original empirical research, which is based on a series of qualitative interviews with Christian religious digital creatives (RDCs). Campbell identifies nine distinct manifestations of RDCs, demonstrating how each type, through their actions, enacts media-making narratives and engages in technological apologetics. Her approach offers a systematic and more nuanced classification and conceptual understanding of diversifying religious authority, reflecting the current plastic religious landscape and setting her work apart from previous studies." (Review by Helena Lipková in CyberOrient, Vol. 18, Iss. 1, 2024, pp. 73-77)
Introduction, 1
1 Investigating approaches to the study of authority, 18
2 Defining religious digital creatives, 38
3 Christian digital creatives' performance of authority: enacting media-making narratives and a technological apologetic, 55
4 Digital entrepreneurs: internet-empowering visionary technology influencers, 73
5 Digital spokespersons: the rise of institutional identity curators, 101
6 Digital strategists: acting as missional media negotiators, 127
7 How christian digital creatives understand and perform authority, 154
8 How christian digital creatives enact a technological apologetic, 170
Conclusion: rethinking authority through the work of religious digital creatives, 193