What is it about?

What did the ritual innovations created during the COVID-19 pandemic bring to the life of Christian communities in Czechia and Slovakia? It could reinforce autonomous spirituality but because of the repeating lockdowns, it also brought people to appreciate the sacramental, material, dwelling face of church life.

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Why is it important?

The creative ritual innovations enabled us to see the interconnection of the ritual and spiritual life, which is harder to understand in the usual situations.

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It was great to grasp the moments when the people came to reflect on rituals taken for granted for so many years.

Barbora Spalová
Univerzita Karlova

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This page is a summary of: Church Life LIVE!, Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society, February 2024, Brill Deutschland GmbH,
DOI: 10.30965/23642807-bja10088.
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