在Zoom上加入圣灵

IF 0.4 0 RELIGION Approaching Religion Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI:10.30664/ar.107728
Giuseppina Addo
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新冠肺炎全球大流行影响了所有社会关系,包括宗教团体从事礼拜服务的方式。由于严格的社交距离协议,许多会众唯一可行的解决方案是在线礼拜。本文研究了网络空间的平台,如Zoom,如何为物理崇拜服务中的核心宗教实践提供替代品,特别是对非洲五旬节派信徒来说,他们严重依赖宗教环境的审美和感官体验。根据功能支持的理论概念,本文认为信仰者使用聊天框和表情符号等数字功能支持来传达来自敬拜感官体验的情感时刻。会众的成员成为“数字精神炒作者”,他们为领袖提供支持,以创造和再生一个可以感受到圣灵存在的情感环境。圣灵,福音派基督徒的基本支柱,被理解为嵌入在数字基础设施中的存在。互联网连接、电话、电脑和屏幕都被重新利用为精神工具,通过这些工具,可以为有需要的信徒提供神奇的治疗。这项研究正处于“前covid时代”和“后covid时代”之间的关键时刻。随着疫苗接种计划的继续推出和社会距离措施的逐步解除,非洲五旬节派教徒进入了“后疫情时代”,这意味着他们需要就线上和线下空间的界限进行谈判,以履行核心宗教习俗。
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Join the Holy Spirit on Zoom
The COVID-19 global pandemic impacted all social relations, including the way religious communities engage in worship services. Due to strict social distancing protocols, the only viable solution for many congregations was online worship. This article investigates how platforms in cyberspace, such as Zoom, can provide a substitute for the core religious practices found in physical worship services, particularly for African Pentecostal believers who rely heavily on the aesthetic and sensory experience of their religious environment. Drawing on the theoretical concept of affordance, it is argued that digital affordances such as the chat box and emojis are used by believers to communicate affective moments arising from the sensory experience of worship. Members of the congregation become ‘digital spiritual hype people’ who render support to leaders in order to create and regenerate an affective environment where the presence of the Holy Spirit can be felt. The Holy Spirit, a fundamental pillar for Evangelical Christians, is understood as an embedded presence within the digital infrastructure. The internet connection, the phone and computers and screens are all re-appropriated as spiritual tools through which miraculous healing can be dispensed to believers in need. This research stands at a critical juncture between what might be termed the ‘pre-COVID era’ and the ‘post-COVID era’. As vaccination plans continue to roll out and social distancing measures are slowly being lifted, a ‘post-COVID era’ for African Pentecostals means negotiating the boundaries between online and offline spaces to fulfil core religious practices.
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