Motivational deficits in the promotion of public health? A matter for reflection on religion and COVID-19
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COVID-19, Pandemic, Religion, Secular, Public health, Social cohesionAbstract
The paper is aimed to analyze if religion plays a relevant role in health promotion and, thus, if it can be included in the interpretations on the positive role of religions in the public sphere. In this regard, Habermas refers to a crisis of meaning in secular societies that has been caused, among other reasons, by individualistic and selfish lifestyles that fail to encourage a moral action when it goes beyond the law. In contrast, it seems that the strong social ties of religious communities foster solidarity and altruistic attitudes, which could be interpreted as a sign of greater social cohesion; but is it really like that? Pandemic and its consequences help to assess whether the religious element (analyzed as belief, belonging, bonding and behavior) has created positive attitudes in the face of the health challenges (i.e., compliance with rules of social distance, vaccination) or, on the contrary, the motivational deficits of some societies have to do with other factors not related to the religious/secular dichotomy.
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