Author: recov19

We are announcing a significant change within our team: Dr. Hannah Grünenthal, who has been Post Doctoral Researcher in the German team for the last two years, is leaving the project to pursue new opportunities. Hannah’s dedication and expertise have greatly contributed to our success, and she will be missed by all her team members.…

In todays meeting Victor Khroul, a team member for nearly a year by now, presents his findings on Religion and Covid in Russian and Belarussian publications and media. The comparison of his results to the results from Germany, Canada, Ireland/Northern Ireland and Poland, is most fruitful, as new aspects are expected to surface.

Today, on 13. June 2024, we had the honour to present the findings from the first two years of research on covid and religion to the members of our Academic Advisory Board. Thank you to Joshua Edelman, Dorota Hall and Anna Neumaier, who have provided helpful and encouraging feedback!

Online event of the Evangelische Akademie im Rheinland at 15.5.2024, 19:00 The Evangelische Akademie im Rheinland organises an online event reflecting about the Church in times of the Pandemic. Prof. Dr. Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Dr. Hannah Grünenthal will present results of the research project and discuss implications for the Protestant Church in Germany. Link to…

New publication by Caoimhe Ni Dhonnaill Ni Dhonaill, C. (2024). Staying safe during the Covid-19 pandemic: religious organisations and the safeguarding of young people on the island of Ireland. In this report, project member Caoimhe Ni Dhonnaill researches and discusses how the Catholic Church and other religious organisations addressed the topic of safeguarding children and…

By Marta Kołodziejska, Sławomir Mandes and Katarzyna Rabiej-Sienicka “Religions” (Open Access; Link) This article investigates how cultural context and theological ideas shape the integration of digital media in religious practices. Focusing on Poland and Northern Ireland/The Republic of Ireland, we explore the diverse strategies employed by religious institutions in utilizing digital media. The study centers…

We’re interested in how members of the religious organisations have experienced the pandemic times. Members of the Catholic church, the Protestant churches, and muslim communities in Canada, Germany, Poland, Northern Ireland or Ireland, members of the Orthodox churches or Jehova’s Witnesses in Poland, Anthroposophists in Germany, Jews in Canada and Humanists in Ireland/Northern Ireland are…

The Network of German-speaking researchers of religion and culture in times of deep mediatization (GeNet-ISMRC) meets at 16. february 2024 on the topic of Covid-19 and Religions. Two projects will present their first results and give insight in their research: How are religion and religiosity changing in the context of the deep mediatization we are…

The project has reached its next step in research: We have opened the questionnaires for religious leaders and people with responsibility in religious groups and organisations. We’re interested in how people in key positions, group leaders, pastors, etc. have experienced the time of the pandemic. The questionnaire can be found under this link: https://www.research.net/r/project-recov19 It…

On Monday, 20. November 2023, the German Research Team presented a paper about the state of the project at the American Academy of Religion Conference in San Antonio, Texas. The paper titled “Religion and State in Times of Crisis. Religious Organizations and their Claim for Significance in Secularized Societies during the Covid-19 Pandemic” by Dr.…