British Ritual Innovation under Covid-19

Our final report is here! Give it a read and a download, and let us know your thoughts.

British Ritual Innovation under COVID 19 The final report of the project Social Distance, Digital Congregation: British Ritual Innovation Under COVID 19 (BRIC 19), funded by UK Research and Innovation through the Arts and Humanities Research Council (grant number AH/V008730/1). A joint research project of the Manchester Metropolitan Univer...

Folks! Our final report is coming out, and the launch and discussion event is next week, live in Manchester and also online - free and open to all. Come join us! Please sign up here:

Ritual Life under the Pandemic: the BRIC-19 Final Report What has the pandemic meant for British religious life?

We are proud to showcase the work of Zara Elfersy, a final year undergraduate student at the UK Centre for Events Management at Leeds Beckett University. Check out our research blog where Zara examines Shabbat adaptations made by a Jewish Student Centre and tells us all about new ways of community building under Covid-19.

New Researcher Voices ¦ Shabbat under Lockdown - creative innovations in UK Jewish student communities. - BRIC-19 Covid-19 and the national restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of the virus, have put a strain on all religions and religious practices. I saw this first hand in my work at a Jewish student centre in Northern England. [1] This centre is an orthodox Jewish movement and organisation...

Listen to our newly produced audio piece about experiences of during the pandemic. If you listen, we'd love to learn your thoughts in the survey:

https://socialbroadcasts.co.uk/broadcastoverview/bric19



Please share widely. This is a pilot project and we would love to hear from as many people as possible wherever you're in the world.

— SOCIAL BROADCASTS LOSS IN TRANSLATION - FUNERALS AND DEATH CARE Social Distance, Digital Congregation: British Ritual Innovation under COVID-19 Manchester Metropolitan University April 2020 This audio documentary is a pilot of the research project Social Distance, Digital Congregation: British Ritual Innovation un

In our most recent , we'd like to share with you a piece by Dr Paulina Kolata on the experiences of death rituals under .

"While images of mass death became part of our everyday, we have been distanced from the rituals that usually bring us face to face with the dead and which are designed to help us process our grief."

Paulina's work on death care under Covid-19 formed the basis of our exciting audio collaboration with Lucia Scazzocchio from
and Sasha Edye-Lindner.

Read, listen, and join this collaborative reflection:

https://bric19.mmu.ac.uk/research-updates/research-update_conspicuousness-and-distance-death-care-in-the-coronacene/

In our next Dr Katja Stuerzenhofecker reflects on her fascinating work with female-only online prayer groups:

“"...both groups use this exceptional period to normalize active female ritual participation within the authorised repertoire in a public, institutional space. The pandemic has acted as a catalyst to get people doing things that we could have been doing before.”

Research Update ¦ The pandemic as a catalyst to do things that could have been done before. Jewish Orthodox female-only online prayer - BRIC-19 Dr Katja Stuerzenhofecker is Lecturer in Gender Studies in Religion at the University of Manchester. She has a special interest in gender issues in contemporary Jewish and Christian practices and their relation to thought and tradition.

Today's Research Update features a flash summary of the case study work by Dr. Mark A Minott:

"Rolling with the punches: Ritual Adaptations in two Black Majority Churches"

Mark investigates the experiences of worship, technological choices & labour in two Black Majority Churches during the pandemic.

https://bric19.mmu.ac.uk/research-updates/research-update_rolling-with-the-punches-ritual-adaptations-in-two-black-majority-churches/

Join us on the 29th March!

REGISTRATION OPEN NOW for British Ritual Innovation under Covid-19 Public Research Update on March, 29. Join us to learn about our work in progress and hear about people's experiences of ritual life under across the UK's diverse religious & cultural contexts.

British Ritual Innovation during Covid-19: Public presentation Bric-19 research team share their insights on ritual lives under Covid-19 in this public event.

Starting the week with another research update in our Community Voices series.

Rev Dr Chris Swift shares with us how has affected the ritual life of residents & staff at MHA care facilities:

Sustaining Spiritual Connections during COVID-19

https://bric19.mmu.ac.uk/research-updates/community-voices_sustaining-spiritual-connections-during-covid-19/

We are just getting ready for the second Action Research group meeting at 11 AM today. Yesterday, we Just kicked off our 1st group meeting. British Ritual Innovation under Covid-19 Research Team were thrilled to meet the cohort of ritual leaders and facilitators who are joining us as collaborators to discuss their experiences of working on adaptations under & sharing best practice. We're looking forward to meeting other members of the group this morning.

To find out more about how we are using action research in our project see Dr Joshua Edelman's research update:

https://bric19.mmu.ac.uk/research-updates/what-is-action-research-and-why-are-we-using-it/

We are tremendously excited to be collaborating with Chaplaincy Everywhere on this research, which will allow us to recognise the “kaleidoscope” of faith engagements in chaplaincy and how these have responded to the pandemic.

Dr Eleanor O'Keeffe from the British Ritual Innovation under Covid-19 is leading on this important collaboration:

"Chaplaincy: A “Kaleidoscope” of Faith Exchanges & Spiritual Interactions"

This event is offered working in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University's research project British Ritual Innovation under COVID-19 (BRIC-19).

The Chaplaincy ‘kaleidoscope’ network afforded by the collaborative nature of the Methodist Church has dovetailed with Dr Eleanor O'Keeffe to enable this significant research to link with the widest footprint of Chaplaincy practitioners possible. This Webinar is the 2nd e-event looking at the changing needs of Chaplaincy in the challenging times of Covid. ‘No longer can we remain in silo-land… we must share and pull together for the good of humanity.

Chaplaincy is a particular personal ministry offering a heart felt approach to all… but also recognises the need for a prophetic voice to share stories of life and continuous change within a kaleidoscope of diversity and hope.

TO FINF OUT MORE AND REGISTER:

Chaplaincy: A “Kaleidoscope” of Faith Exchanges & Spiritual Interactions Chaplaincy - A Kaleidoscope of Faith Exchanges + Spiritual Interactions