A fourth theme encapsulates the ambivalence in the experience of spiritual care delivery, whereby distant and virtual care could only partially compensate for the impossibility of physical presence. These revolve around disembodiment, solitude, and technology in spiritual care, of religious and non-religious nature. Three themes were found, which speak to changes brought about by the pandemic. Spiritual care is also an area where the importance of the physical presence of receivers and providers is exceptionally important, as a classic anthropological understanding of the religious ritual would Growing paradigm of holistic and humane care. Spiritual care highlights the bond between healthcare and religion/spirituality, particularly within the Rooted in a Durkheimian functionalist reading of religion, in this article, we present and discuss the results of a scoping study of on-line sources on the delivery of spiritual care during the COVID-19 pandemic in England. With a Nod to the Mediatization of Religion Debate Becoming Muslim through Islamic Programmingĭanish Twilight Fandom. Young Muslim Women, Blogs and Religionīelonging through Believing. Religious Identity and a Changing Media EnvironmentĪ Voice of Their Own. Symbolic Immortality, The Immanent Frame, and School Shootings When the Security Police Went on Facebook The Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Media in Post-Secular Finland Coverage of Religion and Homosexuality in the Scandinavian Mainstream Press Mediatization, Deprivatization, and Vicarious Religion. The Internet Mediatization of Religion and Church

Mediatization, Public Media and the National Church Through empirical analysis and theoretical discussions, scholars from film and media studies, the sociology of religion, and theology contribute to the development of the theory of the mediatization of religion as well as to the broader research field of media, religion and culture. In an increasingly globalized Nordic context, the media have also come to play an important role in the performance of both individual and social identities, and in the representation and development of social and religious conflicts. Religious leaders, communities and individuals reflexively negotiate their presence within this new mediatized reality. In contemporary society, news journalism, film and television series, as well as new digital media, provide critical commentary on religion while also enabling new forms of religious imagery and interaction. This book presents new research on the changing relationship between the media, religion and culture from a Nordic perspective, while engaging with the theory of the mediatization of religion.

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