[Conspiracy as a surrogate for religion? Religiosity, spirituality, and affinity towards conspiracy myths in times of crisis]

Autor: Lisa, Schwaiger, Jörg, Schneider, Mark, Eisenegger, Camille, Nchakga
Jazyk: němčina
Rok vydání: 2022
Zdroj: Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik.
ISSN: 2510-1226
Popis: 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 (
Databáze: OpenAIRE