Co-preaching

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 practice theory of Theodore Schatzki it presents the results of a cross-case analysis of four different case studies of the practice of preaching in digital culture and spaces in Swedish protestant churches. Based on the analysis Frida Mannerfelt argues that the deep relationality of the practice of preaching involves not just humans and texts but also material arrangements and that this feature often is amplified in digital culture and spaces. While there were examples of a decrease overall there was an increase in interaction negotiation and interdependency. In light of this Manner-felt contends that the practice of preaching in digital culture and spaces is characterized by co-preaching. Moreover Mannerfelt argues that some of the implications of co-preaching are the enabling and encouragement of dialogue imagination and the priestly function of the priesthood of all believers but also an increased vulnerability for the co-preachers involved.