Paper short abstract:

This paper presents findings about religion and technology during COVID-19 based on analyses of documents produced by religious institutions and in the Republic of Ireland/Northern Ireland; as well as articles in religiously-orientated media and in mainstream news outlets.

Paper long abstract:

This paper presents findings about religion and technology during COVID-19 based on analyses of documents produced by religious institutions and groups on the island of Ireland (Republic of Ireland/Northern Ireland); as well as articles in religiously-orientated media and in mainstream news outlets. It includes analysis of documents produced by the Catholic Church (including the Irish Bishops Conference, the Diocese of Down and Connor, the Diocese of Derry, the Diocese of Limerick, and the Archdiocese of Dublin); the Protestant churches (including the Irish Council of Churches, the [Anglican] Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian Church, and the Methodist Church); Islamic groups, and the Humanist Association of Ireland/Northern Ireland Humanists. It also presents findings from the Irish Catholic (a religiously-orientated weekly) and secular outlets in the Republic (Irish Times, Irish Independent, Journal.ie) and Northern Ireland (Irish News, News Letter). It presents key insights from Ireland based on the common themes developed across the projects, noting distinctives of the Irish and Northern Irish cases.