Religious Narratives and Religious Coping Strategies in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic  

作　　者：Maria Ivanova 

机构地区：[1]Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,Sofia,Bulgaria

出　　处：《Cultural and Religious Studies》2022年第10期570-577,共8页文化与宗教研究（英文版）

摘　　要：Recent findings demonstrate a growing interest in religiosity during the COVID-19 pandemic and suggest that religiousness has a Janus-face impact on coping with stress.On the one hand,the empirical data indicates a positive link between religiosity and mental health,agreeableness,and higher emotion regulation skills.On the other side,some surveys describe religious people as being reluctant to follow the recommendation of public health experts,and they also tend to score lower on intelligence and analytic thinking measures.However,how religiosity in our country impacts psychological processes of perception and coping with stress during the pandemic is not studied yet.The research reveals religious views on the COVID-19 pandemic through the analysis of semi-structured interviews with believers from different Bulgarian religious communities—Orthodox Christians,Catholics,Protestants,and Muslims.The focus of the one religious interpretation is pandemic as retribution for the self-forgetfulness of a man and the consumerist attitude towards God’s creation.The main narrative in the other interpretation considers diseases and suffering that accompany human life as a natural consequence of original sin and perishable human nature.Both points of view relate to various coping methods with challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

关 键 词：COVID-19 pandemic religious coping religious beliefs RETRIBUTION 

分 类 号：B91[哲学宗教—宗教学]