Ecclesial Online Identities during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Scandinavian Majority Churches on Facebook, Christmas 2020

The majority churches in Europe are paradoxically considered to be both powerful and weak religious institutions. Their complex position in secular society makes it important for them to communicate who they are to the public. The Covid-19 pandemic was a situation in which churches and other religio...

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Main Author: Johnsen, Elisabeth Tveito 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2023
In: Temenos
Year: 2023, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-78
Further subjects:B Lived Religion
B majority churches
B Mediatization
B social media logics
B sacred-secular
B Covid-19
B Digital Religion
B christmas
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