The Fear of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Relation to Religion

• Authors: Bartłomiej Marian Krzos

Abstracts

PL

Wiemy, że pandemia COVID-19 może być przyczyną lęku i poczucia zagrożenia. Istnieje głęboka potrzeba poszukiwania ucieczki od lęku i znajdowania jej w rzeczywistości, która daje większe poczucie pewności. W ramach tego poszukiwania religia może być potraktowana na trzy sposoby. Jej ujęcie negatywne połączone jest z pragmatycznym podejściem do świata. Obok negatywnego spotkać się można z pozytywnym podejściem do religii. Istnieje jeszcze trzecie podejście, w którym ma się do czynienia z traktowaniem religii jako odpowiedzi na trudności pandemii. Religia może służyć wówczas jako czynnik racjonalizujący czas pandemii. W tym ujęciu religia daje możliwość stworzenia dwóch strategii, dzięki którym człowiek może reagować na trudne sytuacje. Można by je nazwać kenotyczną i paliatywną.

EN

It is known that the COVID-19 pandemic can be a cause of fear and anxiety. There exists a deep need to seek refuge from anxiety in a reality that would offer a sense of greater certainty. Within this framework, religion can be assessed in three different ways. Its negative assessment is linked with a pragmatic approach to the world. Alongside the negative assessment of religion, there is also a positive one. However, there is still a third possible approach, that of using religion as a response to the difficulties of the pandemic. Religion can function as a factor in rationalizing the time of the pandemic. Religion can also generate two strategies by which a person can respond to difficult situations. These strategies can be referred to as a kenotic one and a palliative one.

Keywords

PL

COVID-19; lęk; religia; duszpasterstwo; strategia

EN

COVID-19; fear; religion; ministry; strategy

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Collectanea Theologica
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 93
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 227-250

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Bartłomiej Marian Krzos

• The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

• https://orcid.org/0000000255891184

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Identifiers

DOI

10.21697/ct.2023.93.2.08

Biblioteka Nauki

28394735