Religious live-streaming: constructing the authentic in real time

Golan, Oren; Martini, Michele

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2017.1395472

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“…In a similar way, many religious institutions have turned to electronic output (e.g. Golan and Martini, 2019). For example, Catholic Mass is now transmitted from the most renowned locations throughout the world, and most likely also from the parish church (e.g.…”

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The potential of virtual global mobility: implications for practice and future research

Selmer

Dickmann

Froese

et al. 2021

JGM

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PurposeThe COVID-19 pandemic has forced global organizations to adopt technology-driven virtual solutions involving faster, less costly and more effective ways to work worldwide even after the pandemic. One potential outcome may be through virtual global mobility (VGM), defined as the replacement of personal physical international interactions for work purposes with electronic personal online interactions. The purpose of this article is to establish VGM as a theoretical concept and explore to what extent it can replace or complement physical global work assignments.Design/methodology/approachThis perspectives article first explores advantages and disadvantages of global virtual work and then discusses the implementation of VGM and analyses to what extent and how VGM can replace and complement physical global mobility.FindingsRepresenting a change of trend, long-term corporate expatriates could become necessary core players in VGM activities while the increase of the number of global travelers may be halted or reversed. VGM activities will grow and further develop due to a continued rapid development of communication and coordination technologies. Consequently, VGM is here to stay!Originality/value The authors have witnessed a massive trend of increasing physical global mobility where individuals have crossed international borders to conduct work. The authors are now observing the emergence of a counter-trend: instead of moving people to their work the authors often see organizations moving work to people. This article has explored some of the advantages, disadvantages, facilitators and barriers of such global virtual work. Given the various purposes of global work the authors chart the suitability of VGM to fulfill these organizational objectives.

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Section: Discussion: Implications For Practice and Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

The potential of virtual global mobility: implications for practice and future research

Selmer

Dickmann

Froese

et al. 2021

JGM

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“…Other researchers have been interested in how religious communities transport and transform traditional religious practice online (Bunt 2003), how online communities help construct personal religious identity (Lövheim 2004), and how communities renegotiate their values through the use of technologies (Campbell 2010;Dawson 2000). Golan and Martini (2019) were interested in how religious institutions act to shape users' worldviews and negotiate meanings via livestreaming-mediated communication. These considerations may have become even more pressing as the pandemic prohibits use of physical space and causes a transition to the virtual platform so that the factor of space and the presence or absence of the sacred beg to be deconstructed and reexamined.…”

Section: Digital Worshipping: Challenges Chances and Effectsmentioning

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Zooming In and Out of Virtual Jewish Prayer Services During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Ben-Lulu

2021

Scientific Study of Religion

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This netnographic study examines Reform Jewish rituals transmitted by virtual platforms, Facebook and Zoom, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reform Judaism, which supports modern liberal theology, has adopted the usage of technology for Shabbat services. The transition from the physical space to the virtual one challenges the performance of the ritual: Rabbis change the ritual's structure, and during online services, the congregants have different feelings toward the congregation and their own spiritual worship, made manifest in changes in their usual religious gestures. A positive result of the move to the virtual space is that though the Reform Jewish congregations, as non-Orthodox communities, have been excluded by the state, virtual prayers further expose Reform services to Israeli society. However, this might hinder societal support if it is shown that the community can conduct its services without an actual formal space. This study illuminates the intersection of virtual space, religious praxis, and political conflicts.

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“…According to these perspectives, religion is now conceptualised as a set of both emerging and established practices that innovatively fertilize one another, in both private and public spheres (Ammerman 2007;Wuthnow and Offutt 2008;Stadler 2009;Taragin-Zeller 2021). From Pope Francis's Instagram and Twitter accounts (@pontifex in multiple languages with more than 50 m followers) to religious livestreaming (Golan and Martini 2019) to digital pilgrimage, the threat of the 'internet' (Fader 2020;Neriya-Ben Shahar 2016), for example, has been transformed into an opportunity, creating a robust sphere of new-media aimed at cultivating religious life and religious 'publics' online (Campbell 2010(Campbell , 2012Engelke 2010;Neriya-Ben Shahar 2018;Martini 2019, 2020;Golan and Stadler 2016). Taking this scholarship as a stepping stone, COVID-19 is a fertile case study to examine how religion is both challenged and rejuvenated at a particularly painful moment in time.…”

Section: Religion Change and Covid-19mentioning

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“It’s Not Doctrine, This Is Just How It Is Happening!”: Religious Creativity in the Time of COVID-19

Taragin‐Zeller

Kessler

2021

Religions

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Drawing on thirty in-depth interviews with faith leaders in the UK (including Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Sikhism), we examine the diverse ways religious groups reorient religious life during COVID-19. Analysing the shift to virtual and home-based worship, we show the creative ways religious communities altered their customs, rituals, and practices to fit a new virtual reality amidst rigid social distancing guidelines. This study offers a distinctive comparative perspective into religious creativity amidst acute social change, allowing us to showcase notable differences, especially in terms of the possibility to fully perform worship online. We found that whilst all faith communities faced the same challenge of ministering and supporting their communities online, some were able to deliver services and perform worship online but others, for theological reasons, could not offer communal prayer. These differences existed within each religion rather than across religious boundaries, representing intra-faith divergence at the same time as cross-faith convergence. This analysis allows us to go beyond common socio-religious categories of religion, while showcasing the diverse forms of religious life amidst COVID-19. This study also offers a diverse case study of the relationship between religions as well as between religion, state, and society amidst COVID-19.

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Religious live-streaming: constructing the authentic in real time

Cited by 31 publications

References 26 publications

The potential of virtual global mobility: implications for practice and future research

The potential of virtual global mobility: implications for practice and future research

Zooming In and Out of Virtual Jewish Prayer Services During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

“It’s Not Doctrine, This Is Just How It Is Happening!”: Religious Creativity in the Time of COVID-19

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