eprintid: 10135586
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datestamp: 2021-10-11 11:23:51
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creators_name: Gaddini, KC
title: ‘Wife, Mommy, Pastor and Friend’: The Rise of Female Evangelical Microcelebrities
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divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J81
note: © 2021 MDPI. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
abstract: The popularity of digital media has spurred what has been called a “crisis of authority”. How do female evangelical microcelebrities figure in this crisis? Many of these women belong to churches led by male pastors, have amassed a large following online, and are sought-after speakers and teachers. This paper analyses how gender, religious authority, and the digital sphere collide through the rise of female evangelical microcelebrities. Bringing together ethnographic data, textual analysis, and social media analysis of six prominent women, I emphasize the power of representation to impact religious practices and religious meaning. This article examines how evangelical women are performing and negotiating their legitimacy as the Internet and fluid geographical boundaries challenge local models of religious authority. Moving away from a binary perspective of “having” or “not having” authority, this paper considers the various spheres of authority that evangelical microcelebrities occupy, including normative womanhood, prosperity theology, and politics. Finally, by examining the social media content put forth by female evangelical microcelebrities, I interrogate the political stakes of evangelical women’s authority.
date: 2021-09
official_url: https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12090758
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
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elements_id: 1891380
doi: 10.3390/rel12090758
lyricists_name: Gaddini, Katie
lyricists_id: KCGAD73
actors_name: Gaddini, Katie
actors_id: KCGAD73
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Religions
volume: 12
number: 9
article_number: 758
citation:        Gaddini, KC;      (2021)    ‘Wife, Mommy, Pastor and Friend’: The Rise of Female Evangelical Microcelebrities.                   Religions , 12  (9)    , Article 758.  10.3390/rel12090758 <https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12090758>.       Green open access   
 
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