ABSTRACT

The Church of England responded quickly and decisively to the Government’s lockdown of the nation on 23 March 2020 by a total lock-up of all its churches and a swift move to a new online presence. Drawing on data from the Coronavirus, Church & You Survey provided by 1,642 female and 854 male churchgoing lay Anglicans in England, the present analyses tested the thesis that the response of the Church of England would be assessed more favourably by women than by men. The data found that men evaluated the national leadership less favourably, were more critical of the policy to lock-up churches, and were less positive about the online future. These findings are read against the background of a Church in which men are already marginalised and may have become more so as a consequence of the pandemic.

摘要

英格兰教会迅速果断地对政府于 2020 年 3 月 23 日封锁全国作出反应，全面封锁其所有教堂并迅速转向新的在线存在。根据英国 1,642 名女性和 854 名男性去教堂的英国圣公会信徒提供的冠状病毒、教会与你调查的数据，本分析测试了这样一个论点，即女性比男性更愿意评估英格兰教会的反应。数据发现，男性对国家领导层的评价较低，对锁定教堂的政策持批评态度，对在线未来的看法较不乐观。这些发现是在一个教会的背景下阅读的，在这个背景下，男性已经被边缘化，并且可能由于大流行而变得更加边缘化。