TY - JOUR
AU - Irvine, Richard D.G.
PY - 2021
DA - September
TI - Experts in self-isolation? Monastic outreach during lockdown
JO - Religions
VL - 12
IS - 10
DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100814
AB - 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.
PB - MDPI
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10023/24029
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
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