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Experts in Self-Isolation? Monastic Outreach during Lockdown.
- Source :
- Religions; Oct2021, Vol. 12 Issue 10, p814-814, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COVID-19 pandemic
SOCIAL media
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20771444
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Religions
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153347411
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100814