@article{Irvine_R-2021_43777,
title = {Experts in self-isolation? Monastic outreach during lockdown},
author = {Irvine, R.},
month = {sep},
year = {2021},
abstract = {This paper draws on digital ethnography to examine the experience of a Catholic English Benedictine monastery in the context of restrictions on religious gatherings during the global COVID-19 pandemic. As the monks expand their digital presence and social media involvement, it is their experience of social withdrawal and apparent expertise in self-isolation that provides the grounding for their public engagement. While Max Weber depicts the monk as world-transcending ‘virtuoso’, in a time of lockdown this separation from the world provides a point of connection with the experience of wider society.},
volume = {12},
issue = {10},
journal = {Religions},
publisher = {MDPI},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100814},
}
