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Coping, Meaning Making and Resilience Within the Dutch Reformed Pietist Community During the Covid-19 Outbreak

An Exploratory Qualitative Study

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ID20308403
AuthorsTobias Cinjee (0000-0003-3434-2300, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, corresponding author), Hanneke Schaap-Jonker (0000-0002-0825-6188, GGZ inGeest)
Year2022
Volume61
Issue5
Pages4205-4225
Publication date2022-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion and Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4197 • E-ISSN: 1573-6571
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10943-022-01611-8
PMID35933533
OpenAlexW4297175661
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited18

In this qualitative study, we examined how community members of the Dutch reformed pietist community coped with the COVID-19 pandemic, and which religious sources of meaning making and resilience they used during this time of crisis. Based on seven in-depth interviews, we found that the representation of God being ‘above all things’ was prominent in times of close encounter with the coronavirus. In actively interpreting the pandemic, community members tended to stay away from concrete eschatological or ecological interpretations. Rather, the general theme of ‘malleability’ was used and linked to notions of calling and punishment. Furthermore, we identified the importance of community and scepticism towards the government as sources of resilience, whereas thinking about the future of the church was a source of fear and concern

Community resilience · Coping (psychology) · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Criminology · Disease · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Meaning (existential) · Pandemic · Psychological resilience · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Skepticism · Social science · Sociology · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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