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Keeping the Masks on: Worship Services during and after COVID-19 in Japan
Dunja Sharbat Dar
28/11/2023| English | Germany
Dunja Sharbat Dar, PhD candidate, Center for Religious Studies at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany During the COVID-19 pandemic, Japanese Christians went digital as quickly as possible, following the example of many other religious groups all over the world. But Japanese Christians only went into a full lockdown for a few months, quickly wanting to reunite in […]
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Et indblik i digital religion blandt unge i Danmark
Anne Mauritsen
28/11/2023Analysis, Fieldwork | Danish | Denmark
Anne Lundahl Mauritsen, Postdoctoral Researcher, Aarhus University Dataindsamlingen i den danske del af RECOVIRA-projektet er stadig undervejs, og vi har nu vendt blikket mod to religionsgrupper, der primært har både unge medlemmer og unge ledere. I dette blogpost giver vi en smagsprøve på de første fund fra feltarbejdet i disse to grupper og relaterer det […]
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Not Even the Digital Is Secure
Lena Roos
28/11/2023Religion and community | English | Sweden
Lena Roos, Professor, Study of Religions, Södertörn University Ever since the Hamas attack and kidnappings of October 7th, Jewish congregations and organizations in Sweden have experienced a need for heightened security and vigilance on the part of their members. In addition to the trauma of having many members with family and friends in Israel, Swedish […]
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Spremembe v slovenskih religijskih skupnostih po pandemični izkušnji
Katja K. Ošljak and Simona Kuntarič Zupanc
06/10/2023Digitalizacija religije, Hare krišna, Islamska skupnost, Rkc, Slovenija | Slovenian | Slovenia
Katja K. Ošljak and Simona Kuntarič Zupanc, Researchers, University of Ljubljana V začetku septembra se je slovenska ekipa projekta Recovira udeležila 20. konference Evropskega religiološkega združenja (European Association for the Study of Religions, krajše EASR). Skupaj s sodelavkami in sodelavci projekta Recovira smo sodelovali na panelu Religijske skupnosti v virtualni dobi in predstavili preliminarne rezultate […]
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Studying religion means working Sundays
Gero Menzel
20/09/2023Fieldwork | English | Germany
Gero Menzel, Research Associate, Goethe University Frankfurt Going into the first field, the Diocese of Limburg, I came prepared to also work Sundays. After deciding to postpone the second case, Islam, because field access turned out to be more complicated than expected, I moved on with our third case study on Hinduism, not expecting Sunday […]
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An initial analysis of the Danish data
Anne Mauritsen
18/09/2023Analysis | Danish | Denmark
Anne Lundahl Mauritsen, Postdoctoral Researcher, Aarhus University RECOVIRA-projektet skrider fremad, og i denne blogpost – det første af sin slags på dansk – giver vi et indblik i de fund, vi indtil videre har identificeret i de danske data. I vores sidste blogpost var vi i det første stadie af feltarbejdet og havde indsamlet data […]
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