Paper short abstract:

The paper will show the initial results of qualitative research conducted at a few religious organizations in Poland. The aforementioned research is undertaken in the international project which concerns the digitalization of European religious communities (Recovira).

Paper long abstract:

Digital technologies are having an increasingly noticeable effect on individual and collective life. Their influence is visible in various aspects of life, including the political, economic, cultural and also the religious one. The aim of this paper is to present the role of digital technologies for religious organizations in Poland. During the lockdown and the COVID-19 pandemic religious organizations had to move their religious activity, contact with believers to the Internet or refer to other media in order to propagate their message. Gradual abatement of the pandemic has made it possible to return to traditional forms of spreading the message, contact with believers. However, the question remains to what extent the pandemic effect of digitalizing religion and contact with believers is currently present in religious organizations? Also, whether and to what degree the pandemic pressure to digitalize religion has contributed to changes in the religious field? The paper will show the initial results of qualitative research conducted at a few religious organizations in Poland. The analysis of the qualitative research results will allow us to present the extent of the presence of digitalization in the activity of religious organizations in Poland. The aforementioned research is undertaken in the international project which concerns the digitalization of European religious communities (Recovira).