The effect of Covid-19 emergence on religiosity: Evidence from Singapore.

Autor: Chvaja R; European Research University, Ostrava, Czech Republic; Religion Programme, University of Otago, New Zealand. Electronic address: radim.chvaja@prigo.cz., Murín M; European Research University, Ostrava, Czech Republic., Vorobyev D; European Research University, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Social science research [Soc Sci Res] 2024 Feb; Vol. 118, pp. 102979. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 12.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.102979
Abstrakt: How do people deal with events they cannot control? Religious beliefs and practices are common responses to uncontrollable situations. We analyzed the responses of Singaporeans surveyed between November 2019 and March 2020-just before and just after Covid-19 hit the region-to understand how the beliefs and actions of both religious and non-religious people were affected by the emergence of the previously unknown virus. We find that after the emergence of Covid-19, religious respondents reported significantly higher levels of belief and service attendance frequency, while prayer frequency was not affected. We argue that the decrease in perceived controllability over people's lives explains these results. We discuss the implications of our findings for understanding the dynamics of religious beliefs and practices during times of uncertainty.
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