Department of Social Studies and Ethnology, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
J Relig Health. 2023 Apr;62(2):1449-1466. doi: 10.1007/s10943-023-01777-9. Epub 2023 Feb 27.
Although the narrative of modernity has been rejected by numerous scientists, it remains a powerful paradigm. Several Western countries have, during the COVID-19 pandemic, witnessed renewed interest in some archaic practices and beliefs. Based mostly on media analysis, this paper provides an insight into religious responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia and India, two completely different cultural areas. Simultaneously, it challenges the self-identification of the West as the epicentre of rational thought, in contrast to the so-called non-Western world. The self-image of superiority adopted by the modern West in terms of religious relevance has proved to be distorted, as the tendency to turn to spiritual practices in times of crisis is not exclusively a feature of non-Western societies.
尽管现代性的叙事被众多科学家所摒弃，但它仍然是一个强大的范式。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，一些西方国家对一些古老的做法和信仰重新产生了兴趣。本文主要基于媒体分析，深入探讨了 COVID-19 大流行在完全不同文化背景的斯洛伐克和印度的宗教反应。同时，它挑战了西方将自己视为理性思维中心的自我认同，与所谓的非西方世界形成对比。现代西方在宗教相关性方面所采用的优越自我形象被证明是扭曲的，因为在危机时期转向精神实践的趋势不仅仅是非西方社会的特征。
