Roldán Gómez Isabel
Profesora Ayudante Doctora, Universidad de Salamanca. Salamanca. España.
Rev Esp Salud Publica. 2022 Oct 5;96:e202210051.
The paper is aimed to analyze if religion plays a relevant role in health promotion and, thus, if it can be included in the interpretations on the positive role of religions in the public sphere. In this regard, Habermas refers to a crisis of meaning in secular societies that has been caused, among other reasons, by individualistic and selfish lifestyles that fail to encourage a moral action when it goes beyond the law. In contrast, it seems that the strong social ties of religious communities foster solidarity and altruistic attitudes, which could be interpreted as a sign of greater social cohesion; but is it really like that? Pandemic and its consequences help to assess whether the religious element (analyzed as belief, belonging, bonding and behavior) has created positive attitudes in the face of the health challenges (i.e., compliance with rules of social distance, vaccination) or, on the contrary, the motivational deficits of some societies have to do with other factors not related to the religious/secular dichotomy.
本文旨在分析宗教在健康促进中是否发挥相关作用，进而探讨其是否可纳入对宗教在公共领域积极作用的解读之中。在这方面，哈贝马斯提及世俗社会中的意义危机，其产生的原因包括个人主义和自私的生活方式等，这些生活方式在道德行为超越法律范畴时无法激励人们采取行动。相比之下，宗教团体强大的社会联系似乎能促进团结和利他态度，这可被视为社会凝聚力增强的标志；但实际情况果真如此吗？疫情及其后果有助于评估宗教元素（从信仰、归属、联系和行为等方面进行分析）在面对健康挑战（如遵守社交距离规则、接种疫苗）时是否产生了积极态度，或者相反，某些社会的动机不足是否与宗教/世俗二分法无关的其他因素有关。
