Pandemic Religion in Brazil-Temptation and Responsibility

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3492301
AutoresRudolf Eduard Von Sinner (0000-0002-0487-4237, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, autor de correspondencia), Jefferson Zeferino (0000-0002-5376-4587, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná)
Año2022
Volumen13
Número1
Páginas58
Fecha de publicación2022-01-07
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel13010058
OpenAlexW4205488252
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas17

Religious incidence in Brazilian public space is a widespread fact that has been gaining new visibility in pandemic times. Responsibility in liminal situations represents specific theological hermeneutics, as well as what matters for the respective religious agents. Thus, based on a bibliographical review connected to an analysis of websites, this article aims to reflect on the current Brazilian context, the challenges to doing theology in Brazil today and points to some possible responses. "Pandemic religion", as we call it, is the synthesis of theologies and religious practices that legitimise irresponsible approaches to life, vulnerabilising the other instead of assuming care-based ethics. Firstly, we briefly describe current theological trends, followed by an analysis of the Brazilian scenario by way of three representative scenes of public religious incidence that reflect a lack of responsibility in view of the pandemic challenges caused by COVID-19. Subsequently, we look back into history for alternative responses to public health crises that required theological positioning. In a Brazilian perspective of a public theology, we finally reflect on a responsible ethics that may help respond to the current challenges, particularly for pandemic religion

Environmental ethics · Liminality · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Sociology · Temptation · Theology · Anthropology · History · Medicine · Philosophy · Religion and Society in Latin America