Religion and Covid-19 in the Era of Post-Truth

The Case of Indonesia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21236639
AutoresAsfa Widiyanto (0000-0003-2892-7409, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen12
Número1
Páginas1-12
Fecha de publicación2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Islamic Thought (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2232-1314 • E-ISSN: 2289-6023
EditorialDepartment of Theology and Philosophy, UKM (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.24035/ijit.18.2020.176
OpenAlexW3118726207
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas4

Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has become global pandemic, which affects all countries in the world including Indonesia. The mitigation of covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia cannot neglect the role of religion, since religion constitutes the main identity of most people. Hence, religion becomes value reference and ‘system of knowing’, including in addressing the covid-19 pandemic. By employing comparative and content analysis, it is hoped that this paper will constitute a significant contribution in unravelling the complex role of religion in dealing with covid-19 pandemic, most particularly in the context of post-truth. There are three concerns of this paper. First, it examines the challenges of religious conservatism towards covid-19 mitigation among Indonesian Muslims, most particularly in the context of post-truth which in some ways intensifies the emergence of conservativism in the public space. Second, it explores the possibility of ‘new spirituality’ which is pertinent for the mitigation of Covid-19. Third, it explores the contribution of Indonesian Muslim knowledge culture to the fight against covid-19

Development economics · Disease · Economics · Environmental ethics · Geography · Indonesian · Neglect · Pandemic · Political science · Sociology · COVID-19 Prevention and Impact · Cultural and Religious Practices in Indonesia · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology