Worship under lockdown-stories from a suburban parish
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2020
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Harris, H.
Relf Christopher, S.
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Crucible, 2020; 11(2):1-12
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Many Christian churches were forced to close their doors when governments imposed restrictions in response to the spread of the corona virus COVID-19. Many chose to develop or maintain a presence online. This took many forms, and some worshiping congregations used more than one. This paper is presented as a case study. It describes activities, both on- and off-line, undertaken in one suburban Anglican parish in Australia and examines them in the light of the notions of religious identity, and of Christian worship as an activity of the gathered community. It shows how the activities in the case study parish were designed and implemented so as to reinforce the idea of the church as a worshiping congregation, despite the inability to meet together physically and to emphasise the diversity of the community, to facilitate lay participation,and to maintain formal prayer and worship in the Anglican tradition.
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