<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The goal of this pilot study is to investigate expressions of the collective disquiet of people in the first months of Covid-19 pandemic, and to try to understand how they manage covert risk, especially with religion and magic. Four co-authors living in early hot spots of the pandemic speculate on the roles of science, religion, and magic, in the latest global catastrophe. They delve into the consolidation that should be occurring worldwide because of a common, viral enemy, but find little evidence for it. They draw parallels to biblical works, finding evidence of a connection between plague and “social strife.” They explore changes in the purviews of science, religion, and magic, and how and why they have changed, as three systems of covert risk management. They speculate on the coming wave of grief when the world populations finally decide that too many people have died, and they envision cultural changes on the other side of the pandemic, to lifestyles, travel, reverse urbanization, and living and working in smaller communities. Using an unusual approach named “crowd-sourced ethnography”, they conduct un-traditional ethnography and speculate on management of covert risk in their native countries.</p></abstract>

The goal of this pilot study is to investigate expressions of the collective disquiet of people in the first months of Covid-19 pandemic, and to try to understand how they manage covert risk, especially with religion and magic. Four co-authors living in early hot spots of the pandemic speculate on the roles of science, religion, and magic, in the latest global catastrophe. They delve into the consolidation that should be occurring worldwide because of a common, viral enemy, but find little evidence for it. They draw parallels to biblical works, finding evidence of a connection between plague and “social strife.” They explore changes in the purviews of science, religion, and magic, and how and why they have changed, as three systems of covert risk management. They speculate on the coming wave of grief when the world populations finally decide that too many people have died, and they envision cultural changes on the other side of the pandemic, to lifestyles, travel, reverse urbanization, and living and working in smaller communities. Using an unusual approach named “crowd-sourced ethnography”, they conduct un-traditional ethnography and speculate on management of covert risk in their native countries.

Science and Religion Shift in the First Three Months of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Studia Humana

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The goal of this pilot study is to investigate expressions of the collective disquiet of people in the first months of Covid-19 pandemic, and to try to...

Science and Religion Shift in the First Three Months of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Published Online: Mar 01, 2021

Page range: 1 - 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2021-0001

Keywords
pandemic, Covid-19, risk, religion, magic, “science and religion”, ethnography, culture change, demographic change

© 2021 Margaret Boone Rappaport et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Science and Religion Shift in the First Three Months of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Published Online: Mar 01, 2021

Page range: 1 - 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2021-0001

Keywordspandemic, Covid-19, risk, religion, magic, “science and religion”, ethnography, culture change, demographic change

© 2021 Margaret Boone Rappaport et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
pandemic, Covid-19, risk, religion, magic, “science and religion”, ethnography, culture change, demographic change