Digitalising the Church: Clergy’s attitudes towards the Church’s mission online
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitalisation of the Churches’ activities. Extensive research covers the evolution of digitalisation of religion, its content and tools. However, limited attention is paid to priests’ attitudes towards the Churches’ mission online. These attitudes highlight...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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| In: |
Culture and religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 98-116 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Romania
/ Priest
/ Orthodox Church
/ Digitalization
/ Mission (international law
/ Religious practice
/ COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Geschichte 2021
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBK Europe (East) KDF Orthodox Church RA Practical theology RB Church office; congregation RJ Mission; missiology ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Orthodox Church
B Priests B Digital Orthodoxy B Internet B Romance language area |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitalisation of the Churches’ activities. Extensive research covers the evolution of digitalisation of religion, its content and tools. However, limited attention is paid to priests’ attitudes towards the Churches’ mission online. These attitudes highlight the way Churches reacts to digital apps and the use of the Internet. This article aims to explain how priests see and understand online activity of the Orthodox Church in society. It uses Romania as a case study due to its very good Internet infrastructure and active Church online. The qualitative analysis draws on 19 semi-structured interviews with Orthodox priests, conducted in January–February 2021. The results indicate that although there is a willingness among priests to use digital technologies for religious activities, the attitudes are driven by normative religion and sometimes by negativity. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5629 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2023.2296087 |
