TY - THES T1 - Give Me That Online Religion: Religious Authority and Resistance Through Blogging T2 - Sociology Y1 - 2013 A1 - Erin V. Echols KW - Authority KW - bloggers KW - Contemporary Religious Community KW - Digital Religion KW - New Media and Society KW - new media engagement KW - online identity KW - religious media research KW - Resistance AB - This study of forty-nine Christian blogs explores how groups of bloggers in two case studies resist and/or perpetuate hegemonic gender ideologies online and where these bloggers draw authority from for these views. The findings reveal that bloggers are most likely to cite texts as sources of authority and are more likely to affirm authority (78.1%) than to challenge it (25.7%). The bloggers in my sample, who were majority male, use an array of strategies in their efforts to resist hegemonic gender norms. These included, but are not limited to, debating God’s gender, emphasizing women’s roles in the Bible, privileging equality in theological interpretations, redefining masculinity and employing satire and images to delegitimize hegemonic power JF - Sociology PB - Georgia State University VL - Master of Arts UR - http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/sociology_theses/39/ ER -