Rev Dr Steve Taylor
Visiting Research Fellow, June - July 2024
Home Institution: Flinders University
Rev Dr Steve Taylor PhD is a public scholar, working for AngelWings Ltd providing high-quality bespoke empirical research to organisations experiencing change. Steve is the author of four books, 56 published academic outputs and over 270 public writing pieces. Steve is co-editor of Ecclesial Futures journal and maintains academic accountability as Senior Lecturer, Flinders University and Research Affiliate, Centre for Theology and Public Issues, University of Otago.
Project title: Digital activism as justice-making: evaluating decolonial public theologies by online Christian activists
This project analyses how Christian organisations deploy social media to advocate for justice. While toxic discourse abounds online, so do impactful moments of digital activism. Digital ethnography is used to analyse what might be distinctive about Christian decolonial digital activism and evaluate how digital acts of public theology create viral justice.