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Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR)
Theme: Religion and Intersectionality The 2024 annual meeting welcomes discussion and exploration of all research relevant to the sociological study of religion today and especially solicits theoretically and methodologically rigorous scholarship pursuing themes of religion and intersectionality. It will take place in Montréal, Quebec on August 9-11, 2024. We are happy to announce, that the…
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New Publication: Religion on the island of Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic
In July the Ireland team published a new article with the title Religion on the island of Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic: piety in the public sphere? You can access the article via the link below this blogpost. Gadys Ganiel and Caoihme Ní Dhónaill examine how religious institutions and religious media on the island of…
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Talk: German project team discusses results at ‘Die Kirche in Zeiten der Pandemie’
Online event of the Evangelische Akademie im Rheinland at 15.5.2024, 19:00 The Evangelische Akademie im Rheinland organises an online event reflecting about the Church in times of the Pandemic. Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Dr. Hannah Grünenthal will present results of the research project and discuss implications for the Protestant Church in Germany. Link to…
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New publication: “Cultural and Theological Influences on Religious Engagement with Digital Media during COVID-19: A Comparative Study of Churches in Poland and Ireland”
By Marta Kołodziejska, Sławomir Mandes and Katarzyna Rabiej-Sienicka “Religions” (Open Access; Link) This article investigates how cultural context and theological ideas shape the integration of digital media in religious practices. Focusing on Poland and Northern Ireland/The Republic of Ireland, we explore the diverse strategies employed by religious institutions in utilizing digital media. The study centers on…
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Questionnaires for Members now open!
We’re interested in how members of the religious organisations have experienced the pandemic times. Members of the Catholic church, the Protestant churches, and muslim communities in Canada, Germany, Poland, Northern Ireland or Ireland, members of the Orthodox churches or Jehova’s Witnesses in Poland, Anthroposophists in Germany, Jews in Canada and Humanists in Ireland/Northern Ireland are…
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New publication: “Staying safe during the Covid-19 pandemic: religious organisations and the safeguarding of young people on the island of Ireland”
Ni Dhonaill, C. (2024). Staying safe during the Covid-19 pandemic: religious organisations and the safeguarding of young people on the island of Ireland. In this report, project member Caoimhe Ni Dhonnaill researches and discusses how the Catholic Church and other religious organisations addressed the topic of safeguarding children and youth during the Covid-19 pandemic. The…
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Contoc Publication
The CONTOC study took an ecumenical and international approach to researching digital church practice under the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic in the early summer of 2020. This volume documents the framework conditions and survey results in the participating countries. These findings are combined with assessments and further perspectives on the longer-term effects and challenges…
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Recov-19: Reports on analysis of religious documents published
After the first year of research, Recov-19 published their first four research reports! In those short reports, the results from the first part of the first phase are described: The qualitative analysis of publications of religious organisations. The Report on the Canadian Case Study, looking at Roman Catholicism, Protestant Churches, Islam and Judaism in Canada,…
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Initial Meeting in Vilnius
At the 2023 Conference of the European Association for the Study of Religion (EASR), 4-8 September in Vilnius (Lithuania), the Covirel-Network was founded. Members of different research projects as well as individual researchers around Europe met to talk about their projects regarding religion and the pandemic, share first insights, and connect to other researchers. The…