Religious Mentalities and Attitudes in Times of Pandemic
Religious Mentalities and Attitudes in Times of Pandemic

Summary/Abstract: The present study focuses on the transformations that human society goes through in pandemic periods, ie when the survival of the human species is called into question. During this time, in the archaic religious societies, they resorted to the help of the founding gods, and in the ancient societies proliferated the divinities responsible for healing diseases, the gods of medicine, all these societies being eminently religious, which required a certain religious type of behavior in any situation of life. The current pandemic has also imposed certain behavioral changes for the secularized contemporary man, who has partially lost his religious landmarks. The period of pandemic, which automatically involved isolation, was for some an opportunity for meditation and a time of introspection on their own human condition, ie a chance not to be missed to approach God. For the believers, the pandemic with the supposed isolation, had the disadvantage of stopping them from attending Holy Services, especially during Lent and Easter, in 2020. Believers, belonging to monotheistic religions, have adapted to the restrictions imposed and the attending of the religious services went online. Here we can notice the danger of becoming too used to the online, which,in the future, could lead to an absenteeism from the place of worship. The next period will shed light on the changes in the religious behavior caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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