Giving Up on the Church of England in the Time of Pandemic: Individual Differences in Responses of Non-ministering Members to Online Worship and Offline Services
This study draws on data provided to the Covid-19 & Church-21 Survey by 826 "non-ministering" Anglicans living in England in order to explore why some people gave up worshipping online or in church during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2021. Nearly a quarter of the participants had given up...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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Journal of Anglican studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-38 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBF British Isles KDE Anglican Church RB Church office; congregation ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
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B socially distanced services B Pandemic B Church of England B church-leavers B online worship |
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| Summary: | This study draws on data provided to the Covid-19 & Church-21 Survey by 826 "non-ministering" Anglicans living in England in order to explore why some people gave up worshipping online or in church during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2021. Nearly a quarter of the participants had given up online worship, attending offline services in church, or both: 15 per cent had given up on online worship, 13 per cent had given up on going to church, and 5 per cent had given up on both. Giving up was significantly correlated with negative experience of services. Those under the age of forty and Anglo-Catholics were most likely to give up online worship. Women and extraverts were most likely to give up on socially distanced services in church. The results indicate the sorts of people who might drift from the church post-pandemic and what the Church could concentrate on to prevent this process. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5278 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1740355322000195 |