Streaming religious services during a public health crisis: how digital religion shapes population well-being and intergenerational learning

This study employs the therapeutic landscape theory to explore how online religious services during lockdown restrictions shape experiences of well-being and intergenerational learning. We used qualitative data from in depth interviews and focus groups with older adults and pastors in five churches...

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VerfasserInnen: Agyekum, Boadi (VerfasserIn) ; Ali, Waad (VerfasserIn) ; Asamoah, Moses Kumi (VerfasserIn) ; Namoog, Moses Y. (VerfasserIn) ; Al Nasiri, Noura (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Taylor & Francis 2023
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Jahr: 2023, Band: 26, Heft: 9, Seiten: 850-872
weitere Schlagwörter:B Intergenerational learning
B Therapeutic landscapes
B Covid-19
B Digital Religion
B Mental Health
B Religious services
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Zusammenfassung:This study employs the therapeutic landscape theory to explore how online religious services during lockdown restrictions shape experiences of well-being and intergenerational learning. We used qualitative data from in depth interviews and focus groups with older adults and pastors in five churches in Ghana to explore how online religious places are conceptualized as therapeutic landscapes for sustaining wellbeing goals amidst a global pandemic. We identified multiple pathways of meaning through which online religious services shape the lives of people in a faith community to sustain the experience of well-being in a difficult time. In addition, this paper reflects on the broader implications of COVID-19 in shaping a paradigm shift in digital religion and intergenerational learning experiences through a changing religious landscape precipitated by lockdown restrictions that have drastically altered traditional religious places.
ISSN:1469-9737
Enthält:Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2023.2268553