Religion and Culture, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
J Relig Health. 2021 Feb;60(1):16-33. doi: 10.1007/s10943-020-01110-8. Epub 2020 Nov 3.
Social scientific research into the impact of COVID-19 on religious communities is emergent. This research combines interview data (n = 12) collected, as New Zealand moved into Level 3-Restrict and then Level 4-Lockdown, with Facebook and online news media analysis to understand how religious leaders and their communities responded to COVID-19. Our data found four challenges: (1) The requirement to reassess worship practices, (2) the need to mitigate any potential for community transmission, (3) significant difficulties related to social distancing for communal religious practices, and lastly, (4) welfare and pastoral concerns for congregations and others in need.
对 COVID-19 对宗教社区影响的社会科学研究正在兴起。这项研究结合了在新西兰进入 3 级-限制和 4 级-封锁期间收集的访谈数据(n=12),以及对 Facebook 和在线新闻媒体的分析,以了解宗教领袖及其社区如何应对 COVID-19。我们的数据发现了四个挑战:(1)需要重新评估礼拜实践,(2)需要减轻任何社区传播的可能性,(3)与社区宗教实践的社交距离相关的重大困难,最后,(4)为会众和其他有需要的人提供福利和牧民关怀。