Embodied religion in the post-pandemic digital age : insights from seven European countries

Črnič, Aleš (avtor), Jurekovič, Igor (avtor)

This article presents and theorises key findings from research examining how the increased use of digital technologies during and after the COVID-19 pandemic has affected diverse religious communities in seven European countries. Interviews with 270 members of 27 selected communities suggest that digital technologies alone cannot sustain a thriving and vibrant religious community. Drawing on scholarship related to the corporeal and sensory turn, the authors argue that their study largely confirms conceptions of religion as not only doctrines and beliefs but also embodied participation that engages the physical senses. Because religion is always embodied in everyday life, it resists being fully transposed into the digital realm. While the acceleration of digitisation may foster new forms of religiosity and spirituality, fears that traditional religions will vanish in the new digital world seem unfounded. However, it is inevitable that they will transform in response to the widespread digital shift.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: digitalization, Covid-19, embodied religion, corporeal turn, sensory turn, material turn
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Geografsko pokritje: Evropa
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Datum objave: 01.01.2026
• Leto izida: 2026
• Št. strani: Str. 83-103
• Številčenje: Vol. 54, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-179568
• UDK: 2
• ISSN pri članku: 0963-7494
• DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2026.2617526
• COBISS.SI-ID: 268637187
• Datum objave v RUL: 17.02.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Religion, state & society
• Skrajšan naslov: Relig. state soc.
• Založnik: Taylor & Francis
• COBISS.SI-ID: 30650880

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Najbolj omejujoča licenca Creative Commons. Uporabniki lahko prenesejo in delijo delo v nekomercialne namene in ga ne smejo uporabiti za nobene druge namene.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: COVID-19, digitalizacija, utelešena religija, materialni vidik, telesni vidik, čutni vidik

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P6-0194
• Naslov: Problemi avtonomije in identitet v času globalizacije