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.

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

Heidi A. Campbell is a professor at the Department of Communication and an affiliate faculty in the Religious Studies Interdisciplinary Program at Texas A & M University, USA.