We got smth out! OA-issue on religious authority - thanks to @[email protected] & colleagues! Together with Mehmet Kalender I wrote a quite exploratory piece about #religiousauthority in the field of German-speaking Muslim content creators - link in the next skeet :) #digitalreligion

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In our own piece we wrote about how Muslim content creators transform religious authority. We look at 5 cases, and identify 4 models of attributing authority, depending on whether a) religious roles and positions are claimed, b) religious and other knowledge is presented (2/3)

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c) certain personal characteristics are demonstrated, and/or d) a relationship or collective identity is established between the content creator and their followers.