Religiosity/Spirituality and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Religiosity/Spirituality and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s): Beniamin Liviu ROȘ
Subject(s): Behaviorism, Health and medicine and law, Sociology of Religion, Psychology of Religion
Published by: Scientia Moralitas Research Institute
Keywords: religion; religiosity; spirituality; COVID-19 pandemic;
Summary/Abstract: In this study, the author aimed to clarify some issues concerning the relationship between religion (faith, Christianity, cults, Islam, religiosity, prayer and spirituality) and the COVID-19 pandemic from a (mental) health perspective. The conclusion reached is that only three of the factors related to religion, COVID-19 and mental health have been investigated in the literature: Religious doctrinal responses to the pandemic - the effect of religiosity/spirituality on (promoting) health in the COVID-19 pandemic type; changes in religious behavior - the effect of spiritual connections, religious practices, 'social distancing', religion as a risk of virus spread, restrictions, and technology; and religious confrontations - the effects of religiosity/spirituality on (promoting) health. Prejudice, i.e., attitudes and behavior towards religious groups that increase suffering and precipitate mental illness, was ignored.

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