Experts in self-isolation? Monastic outreach during lockdown

Richard D. G. Irvine

doi:10.3390/rel12100814

Experts in self-isolation? Monastic outreach during lockdown

Richard D. G. Irvine

Social Anthropology

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	814
Number of pages	14
Journal	Religions
Volume	12
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100814
Publication status	Published - 27 Sept 2021

Keywords

COVID-19
Lockdown
Digital religion
Monasticism
Benedictine

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