RELIGION IN PANDEMIC CONDITIONS: ATTITUDE TO DIGITALIZATION RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
Keywords:
digitalization, religious practices, Islam, sacrednessAbstract
The digitalization of religious practices has become the sharpest point of social and theoretical discussions during the pandemic. Even though the process digitalization began long before the pandemic and took place in different directions: information exchange, organization mutual aid, online theology lessons, broadcasts services, etc. etc., sanitary restrictions and political coloration exacerbated the problem of the relationship between "traditionalists" and "modernists" in religious organizations. For some believers, broadcasting of religious services was the only opportunity before meet their religious needs, pandemic only turned this problem into a universal one. Multidirectional reactions and judgments about boundaries the applicability of digital technologies, the essence of religious practices, the future of religion and religious institutions made this problem one of the most discussed over the past year, including in the sociology of religion. There is no consensus in the expert community on whether digitalization of religious practices, and if so, in what ways borders
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