Exciting News - Release of Dr. Campbell's newest print book: Digital Creatives and the Rethinking of Religious Authority!

We at the Network are excited that Dr. Heidi A Campbell-Director of the Network for New Media, Religion, and Digital Culture Studies-has just released her tenth print book entitled Digital Creatives and the Rethinking of Religious Authority. The book was officially released by Routledge on September 9th, 2020.

Digital Creatives and the Rethinking of Religious Authority explores the new realm of digital media experts and creatives called “Religious Digital Creatives” (or RDCs) who are challenging traditional notions of “church” and its leadership. Digital Creatives embarks to answer questions about what religious authority online resembles and specifically, she examines the relationship between digital media and religious authority. She explains how it is one of both empowerment and challenge.

To celebrate the book being published, we will be releasing as series of blog posts over the next four weeks to provide readers a glimpse into the key themes covered in the book. Keep a lookout over the next few weeks for these posting, which provide concise summaries of each chapters of Digital Creatives and the Rethinking of Religious Authority, and stay tuned today for the release of the first chapter blog!