Recovering Life in a Post-Pandemic Era
Recovering Life in a Post-Pandemic Era
Author(s): Emil JurcanSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Psychology of Religion
Published by: Academia Română – Centrul de Studii Transilvane
Keywords: pandemic; consciousness; consumerism; depression; communion;
Summary/Abstract: The study focuses on the idea of a confused society, which seems to have no meaning after the pandemic. The world is not the same as before and unfortunately it is experiencing depression and moral confusion. It is therefore necessary to return to the consciousness of values and this can only be found in Christianity. We are now living the drama of an isolated humanity. I am convinced that the isolation of people did not happen now, during the pandemic, but before, through selfishness and self-isolation in consumerism. Social networking sites have been and remain just ways to present our isolated “happiness” in our comfort. Our only goal has been our economic comfort. The pandemic changed our scale of values for a moment, but it still did not take us out of the isolation of our selves. Only a re-awareness of our vocation as religious, Christian beings can bring us back to real communion.
Journal: Transylvanian Review
- Issue Year: XXX/2021
- Issue No: Suppl. 1
- Page Range: 233-242
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English