Streaming Religious Services During A Public Health Crisis: How Digital Religion Shapes Population Well-Being And Intergenerational Learning
Date
2024
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Mental Health, Religion & Culture
Abstract
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.
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Research Article
Keywords
COVID-19, Digital religion, Intergenerational learning