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[The ritual challenge-Corona and the Holy Spoon]. [仪式挑战科罗纳和神圣勺子]。

Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik Pub Date : 2023-04-04 DOI: 10.1007/s41682-023-00151-6

Michael N Ebertz

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[Digitisation of Christian Church formats during Covid19: Empirical findings and systematising reflections from a religious studies perspective]. [新冠肺炎期间基督教会形式的数字化19：从宗教研究角度的实证发现和系统化思考]。

Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik Pub Date : 2023-03-29 DOI: 10.1007/s41682-023-00149-0

Anna Neumaier

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['Against Nature'-On the social psychological dimension of the alliance between conspiracy beliefs and spirituality in COVID-19 protests. A case study]. [“对抗自然”-新冠肺炎抗议活动中阴谋信仰和精神之间联盟的社会心理层面。案例研究]。

Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik Pub Date : 2023-03-22 DOI: 10.1007/s41682-023-00150-7

Florian Knasmüller, Gero Menzel, Tobias Reuss, Markus Brunner, Ayline Heller

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The revelations of Q. Dissemination and resonance of the QAnon conspiracy theory among US Evangelical Christians and the role of the Covid-19 crisis. Q的披露QAnon阴谋论在美国福音派基督徒中的传播和共鸣以及新冠肺炎危机的作用。

Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1007/s41682-023-00147-2

Heiko Beyer, Niklas Herrberg

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Immigrant pentecostalism in the emergence of the COVID-19 crisis: reactions and responses from the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in Berlin. 在 COVID-19 危机中出现的移民五旬节主义：柏林天国普世教会的反应和回应。

Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik Pub Date : 2022-12-15 DOI: 10.1007/s41682-022-00141-0

Stefan van der Hoek

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Haredi Fundamentalism in the State of Israel: How the status quo between state and religion provides ground for a modern religious counter-collective. 以色列国的哈雷迪原教旨主义：国家与宗教之间的现状如何为现代宗教反集体提供土壤。

Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik Pub Date : 2022-12-05 DOI: 10.1007/s41682-022-00139-8

Eik Dödtmann

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Making sense of the crisis: how religion shapes the attribution of meaning during the corona pandemic. 危机的意义：宗教如何影响冠状病毒大流行期间的意义归属。

Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik Pub Date : 2022-11-29 DOI: 10.1007/s41682-022-00135-y

Alexander Unser, Ulrich Riegel

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[Conspiracy as a surrogate for religion? Religiosity, spirituality, and affinity towards conspiracy myths in times of crisis]. [阴谋是宗教的代名词？危机时期的宗教信仰、精神信仰和对阴谋论神话的亲和力]。

Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik Pub Date : 2022-11-29 DOI: 10.1007/s41682-022-00136-x

Lisa Schwaiger, Jörg Schneider, Mark Eisenegger, Camille Nchakga

{"title":"[Conspiracy as a surrogate for religion? Religiosity, spirituality, and affinity towards conspiracy myths in times of crisis].","authors":"Lisa Schwaiger, Jörg Schneider, Mark Eisenegger, Camille Nchakga","doi":"10.1007/s41682-022-00136-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41682-022-00136-x","url":null,"abstract":"In times of crisis, alternative interpretations of the world that challenge the public sphere gain impact. During the COVID-19 pandemic, such narratives spread in the form of conspiracy myths. They give explanations for complex questions by assuming that social events are planned and controlled by secret elites. Moreover, they are often based on pseudo-transcendental explanations that defy scrutiny but fill fateful events with meaning. In this context, the question arises whether conspiracy myths contain religious or spiritual elements. In this study, we use a representative population survey conducted in April 2022 in German- and French-speaking Switzerland (n = 1221) to examine the relationship between spirituality, religiosity, and affinity toward conspiracy myths. The results show that emotional concern during the COVID-19 pandemic is an important predictor related to conspiracy affinity. The more negative the emotional concern, the higher the affinity towards conspiracy myths. Conversely, positive emotions during the pandemic negatively affect conspiracy affinity. While religious affiliations and religiosity hardly influence conspiracy affinity, spirituality turns out to be the most important predictor in our study. We conclude that in secularized societies spirituality without involvement in traditional religious communities can result in an increased openness to conspiracy myths as a surrogate for religion.","PeriodicalId":75357,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9707184/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35253142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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[The ambivalent role of spirituality in explaining conspiracy belief and protest intentions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic]. [精神信仰在解释 COVID-19 大流行病背景下的阴谋信念和抗议意图中的矛盾作用]。

Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik Pub Date : 2022-11-11 DOI: 10.1007/s41682-022-00134-z

Rebecca Endtricht

{"title":"[The ambivalent role of spirituality in explaining conspiracy belief and protest intentions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic].","authors":"Rebecca Endtricht","doi":"10.1007/s41682-022-00134-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41682-022-00134-z","url":null,"abstract":"In the course of the COVID-19-pandemic, groups that present themselves as anchors in problem solving and provide supposed solutions for dealing with insecurities are becoming increasingly visible. There seems to be a tendency for conspiracy belief and esoteric attitudes, which are increasingly being expressed in the protests against measures to contain the pandemic. This raises the question of the role of religious affiliations and spiritual worldviews within such groups. In the present study, spirituality is differentiated and measured independently of religion in order to shed light on these questions. The results show two forms of spirituality that differ in the dimensions of worldviews and ethics, values and meaning of life. Both forms can be found in religious as well as non-religious groups. Analyses show different effects of these forms of spirituality on the openness towards alternative and esoteric explanations of the world as well as a skepticism towards science. Additionally, all spiritual elements also contribute to clarifying the belief in conspiracy stories, the support of COVID-related demonstrations and the willingness to participate in these demonstrations. Active spirituality acts as a protective factor and passive spirituality as a reinforcing (risk) factor for these phenomena. Overall, this multi-dimensional measurement of spiritual worldviews can explain attitudes relevant to conspiracy belief and protests, and in this way can break down the previous ambivalent effects of spirituality as a resilience vs. risk factor for such attitudes.","PeriodicalId":75357,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik","volume":" ","pages":"1-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9651881/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40487230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"Everything good against everything bad": traditional values in the search for new Russian national idea. "一切好的反对一切坏的"：寻找新俄罗斯民族思想的传统价值观。

Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik Pub Date : 2022-06-17 DOI: 10.1007/s41682-022-00123-2

Elena A Stepanova

{"title":"\"Everything good against everything bad\": traditional values in the search for new Russian national idea.","authors":"Elena A Stepanova","doi":"10.1007/s41682-022-00123-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s41682-022-00123-2","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the article is to explore origins, development and meaning of the Russian Orthodox Church's concept of traditional values in comparison with its interpreting and utilizing by the Russian political powers through the analysis of the main statements of the ROC's hierarchs, as well as of leading political figures in the period 2000s until nowadays. The following research questions are formulated: What are traditional values in the ROC's and state understanding, and what is the purpose of their promotion? What is the impact of traditional values discourse over people? The conclusion is made that traditional values are seen as one of substantial elements of the present-day Russian political and ideological conservatism and the core element of the identity construction. The ROC as the prominent and influential religious body is seen by political powers, as well as by general public, to be most notably linked to morality; and she seems to take for granted the status of moral authority. At the same time, there is a lack of reliable data, which make possible to estimate the real impact of traditional values over Russian people and the amount of those who share them.","PeriodicalId":75357,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9204677/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40164041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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