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Co-Preaching: The Effects of Religious Digital Creatives’ Engagement in the Preaching Event
University College Stockholm, Stockholm School of Theology, Department of Religious Studies and Theology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2490-8489
2022 (English)In: Religions, E-ISSN 2077-1444, Vol. 13, no 12, p. 1135-1135Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The preaching event is a complex process of communication and interpretation. The aim of this study is to describe and discuss how the preaching event is affected when it is digitally mediated and involves so-called “religious digital creatives” (RDCs). This is achieved through a case study of the preaching event at two Church of Sweden (CoS) congregations that offered pre-recorded, digitally mediated worship services. The research questions guiding the study were: “When and how do the RDCs engage in the preaching event?” and “How can the effects of this engagement be understood in the light of homiletical theory drawing on the works of Mikhail Bakhtin?” The study found that RDCs engaged in the verbalization phase of the preaching event in several ways—including visualization, direction, editing, enhancement, and contextualization of the sermon—and thus contributed significantly to the preaching event. Furthermore, the RDCs exhibited notable relational authority—an authority based on negotiation, interdependence, and interaction. Employing homiletical theory that draws on Mikhail Bakhtin’s work, I argue that the RDCs in this case study are best understood as co-preachers who contribute to expanding the polyphony of the preaching event.

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2022. Vol. 13, no 12, p. 1135-1135
Keywords [en]
online preaching; preaching event; homiletics; social media; religious digital creatives; authority; Church of Sweden; Michail Bakhtin; digital mediation
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Religious Studies
Research subject
Practical Theology including Religious Behavioural Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ths:diva-1832DOI: 10.3390/rel13121135OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ths-1832DiVA, id: diva2:1757696
Available from: 2023-05-17 Created: 2023-05-17 Last updated: 2024-07-04Bibliographically approved
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1. Co-preaching: The Practice of Preaching in Digital Culture and Spaces
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2023 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The purposes of this article-based thesis are to explore and understand preaching as a practice in general,and the practice of preaching in digital culture and spaces in particular. Informed by the practicetheory of Theodore Schatzki, it presents the results of a cross-case analysis of four di!erent case studiesof the practice of preaching in digital culture and spaces in Swedish protestant churches. Based on theanalysis, I argue that the deep relationality of the practice of preaching involves not just humans andtexts but also material arrangements and that this feature often is ampli"ed in digital culture and spaces.While there were examples of a decrease, overall, there was an increase in interaction, negotiation, andinterdependency. In light of this, I contend that the practice of preaching in digital culture and spacesis characterized by co-preaching. Moreover, I argue that some of the implications of co-preaching arethe enabling and encouragement of dialogue, imagination, and the priestly function of the priesthoodof all believers, but also an increased vulnerability for the co-preachers involved.

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Stockholm: Enskilda högskolan Stockholm, 2023. p. 253
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Dissertationes Theologicae Holmienses ; 2
Keywords
digital homiletics, online preaching, the practice of preaching, digital culture, the preaching event
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Religious Studies
Research subject
Practical Theology including Religious Behavioural Sciences
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urn:nbn:se:ths:diva-1842 (URN)978-91-88906-21-2 (ISBN)
Public defence
2023-06-16, Enskilda högskolan Stockholm Sal 219/220, Åkeshovsvägen 29, Bromma, 13:00 (English)
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