Reflections on COVID-19

Frederick, Marla; Telliel, Yunus Doğan; Lehto, Heather Mellquist

doi:10.3167/arrs.2020.110114

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“…Digital media has been a source of continuity of practice-enabling communities to continue meeting together and allowing continued participation from home-as well as ritual innovation (O'Brien 2020). The need for religious congregations to rapidly adapt to a digital environment has been characterised as a disruption of the religious marketplace (Frederick 2020), with the potential to bring about long-term reconfigurations of how people engage with religion, accelerating a virtual "new normal" (Norman and Reiss 2020) in place of face-to-face gatherings.…”

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Experts in Self-Isolation? Monastic Outreach during Lockdown

Irvine

2021

Religions

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This paper draws on digital ethnography to examine the experience of a Catholic English Benedictine monastery in the context of restrictions on religious gatherings during the global COVID-19 pandemic. As the monks expand their digital presence and social media involvement, it is their experience of social withdrawal and apparent expertise in self-isolation that provides the grounding for their public engagement. While Max Weber depicts the monk as a world-transcending “virtuoso”, in a time of lockdown, this separation from the world provides a point of connection with the experience of wider society.

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Experts in Self-Isolation? Monastic Outreach during Lockdown

Irvine

2021

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“…This transition has posed a challenge to the church's understanding of worship and has led to a rethinking of its traditions and a reimagining of its future. 7 Some aspects of church life have been especially challenging, notably the celebration of the sacraments of Holy Communion and baptism. 8 Other difficulties have included unequal access to technology and the inability to conduct normal visitation of church members at home and in the hospital, as well as wedding ceremonies and funerals.…”

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COVID-19 and the Mission of the Church: Some Notes on the New Normal

Zandroto¹

2021

International Bulletin of Mission Research

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major changes in all areas of life, including the life of the church. It has caused the church to live in a new normal, challenging the church’s ability and perspective on how to carry out its mission. This article explores the mission of the church in the new normal. It provides consideration of health protocols, the use of technology, spirituality, and the church’s attitudes and actions toward the issues that are part of the new normal.

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