Tuesday 17 June 1200
The impact of Covid on religion across five societies
Today we presented our preliminary findings at the Religion Media Centre: Research across Canada, Germany, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Poland, has examined the changing role of religion in society through Covid. It has found that religious organisations were more able to accept moral arguments for medical science intervention, stronger in their voice to the state regarding freedom to worship, there was Catholic resistance and Protestant acceptance of digital worship, and Covid forced churches to work together in representations to governments.
The researchers will explain their findings at this briefing. They are:
- Prof Gladys Ganiel, Queen’s University, Belfast
- Prof Solange Lefebvre, McGill university, Canada
- Prof Slawomir Mandes, University omf Warsaw
- Asst Prof Marta Kolodziejska, University of Warsaw
- Prof Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, University of Bremen, Germnay
Joining to ask questions of the panel are Frank Cranmer, honorary research fellow at the Centre for Law and Religion, Cardiff University; and Dr Joshua Edelman, Manchester Metropolitan University
The link to the briefing and a short write up can be found here: https://religionmediacentre.org.uk/rmc-briefings/the-impact-of-covid-on-religion/