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Giving up on the Church of England in the time of pandemic : individual differences in responses of non-ministering members to online worship and offline services
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Village, Andrew and Francis, Leslie J. (2024) Giving up on the Church of England in the time of pandemic : individual differences in responses of non-ministering members to online worship and offline services. Journal of Anglican Studies . doi:10.1017/S1740355322000195 ISSN 1740-3553. (In Press)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1740355322000195
Abstract
This study draws on data provided to the Covid-19 & Church-21 Survey by 826 ‘non- ministering’ Anglicans living in England in order to explore why some people gave up worshipping online or in church during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2021. Nearly a quarter of the participants had given up online worship, attending off-line services in church, or both: 15% had given up on online worship, 13% had given up on going to church, and 5% had given up on both. Giving up was significantly correlated with negative experience of services. Those under the age of forty and Anglo-Catholics were most likely to give up online worship. Women and extraverts were most likely to give up on socially-distanced services in church. The results indicate the sorts of people who might drift from the church post- pandemic and what the Church could concentrate on to prevent this process.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BT Doctrinal Theology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BV Practical Theology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BX Christian Denominations R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Religious aspects -- Christianity , Church of England, Internet in church work , Digital communications -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, Church attendance | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Anglican Studies | ||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1740-3553 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2024 | ||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1017/S1740355322000195 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 August 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 12 August 2022 |
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