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Objective: Mixed evidence exists in the research examining the effects of religion on health outcomes. Due to the severity of health conditions experienced by immigrants and racial and ethnic minorities in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic, this research aims to examine the influence of religious involvement on self-assessed health among healthcare support professionals of Asian Indian origin living in the US. Method: The study used oral history narratives of phenomenological tradition, obtained through interviews of 16 healthcare support professionals of Asian-Indian origin and from three different religious backgrounds. The study cohort was made up of individuals residing in the greater Detroit and Lansing areas in Michigan. Findings: Although the narratives indicated that religious engagement plays a positive role in health outcomes among care professionals, simultaneously, it was found that religion-specific meaning intersects their immigration, settlement, family expectations...
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Remote Possibilities: Sermons as Religious Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Psychological and sociological studies have reported that highly religious people have better mental health overall, which was also confirmed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Little investigation has been undertaken to understand the actual enablers of religious coping that contextualize these mental health results. Australian pulpit rabbis were invited to submit sermons delivered on the eve of the first Sabbath of the pandemic. These sermons were conceived as "artifacts" of religious support and Nancy Ammerman's (2021) multidimensional model of lived religion-in particular, the narrative, embodied and moral dimensions-served as the conceptual framework for analysis. Religious support was evident in the sermons in the ways sacred texts and values were deployed to encourage shifts in conceptions associated with congregational gatherings and agency in private religious beliefs and behavior. By tapping in on faith in God, familiar religious concepts, and values, congregants were encouraged to abide by health directives, endure them, and sustain hope for a redemptive future. The contribution of this qualitative study lies in its identification of a dimension of religious support and how it assists people of faith during difficult times.
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Worldviews Complexity in COVID-19 Times: Australian Media Representations of Religion, Spirituality and Non-Religion in 2020
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Religion, Trust, and Vaccine Hesitancy in Australia: An Examination of Two Surveys
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Tom Aechtner, Jeremy Farr
Religion has been identified as a potential driver of vaccine hesitancy. Nevertheless, the connections between religion and immunisation refusal can be complex, while there is a deficit of research exploring religion and vaccination doubts in Australia. With that in mind, this study considers Australian vaccine hesitancy with respect to religion and trust by analysing the 2018 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes and the Australian dataset of the 2018 Wellcome Global Monitor. Statistical analyses reveal no significant correlations between religion and vaccine hesitancy, while participants with negative vaccine attitudes identify that they do not have religious reasons for being vaccine hesitant. Nonetheless, a higher proportion of respondents with negative vaccine attitudes self-identify as religious or spiritual and maintain pro-religious views. It was also found that negative vaccine attitudes are correlated with unfavourable perceptions of both Jews and Muslims. Notably, religious self-identification divides two main groups of vaccine hesitant participants, described as Religious Conservatives and Nonreligious Progressives. These groups diverge on sexual ethics and social concerns, as well as around whether they trust in science as opposed to religion, while differing in their perceptions of Jews. What unites these vaccine hesitant participants, however, is a mutual lack of trust in government and scientists.
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ASSESSMENT OF THE ROLES OF SOCIALIZATION OF THE CHERUBIM AND SERAPHIM MOVEMENT CHURCH MEMBERS IN CURBING SOCIAL VICES AMONG KABBA DISTRICT, KOGI STATE, NIGERIA
2024 •
Edime Yunusa
The church as a religious institution is an agent of socialization responsible for molding social behavior and providing informal control. However, there is an increase in moral decadence, delinquency, and crime in Nigeria, particularly in Kogi West Senatorial District among the Okun-speaking population. Hence the study assessed the socialization roles of the CSMC in curbing social vices in kabba district of Kogi State. Being a mixed study, 320 members of CSMC of kabba District, were randomly selected from ten different Churches to respond to the questionnaire while 15 informants were recruited for the in-depth interview guide. Data were collected through the use of structured questionnaire and in-depth interview guide. Data collected were analyzed using frequencies, percentages through the application of SPSS version 20.0 and thematic content analysis method. The results of the study revealed that Churches are agent of Socialization and a means of eradicating or reducing Social Vices. Also, the study revealed that the CSMC members have the knowledge of the present of Social Vices in Kabba District of CSMC. The result further revealed that the Church members play major role(s) in the sensitization of the younger generation and as such Curb Social Vices in the Society. To assess the knowledge, awareness, and role of the members of CSMC Kabba District towards the assessment of the socialization role of the CSMC in curbing social vices in Kabba District, the findings revealed that the respondents have good knowledge about the church as an agent of socialization. With the research work, it is concluded that the CSMC members should intensify the spiritual approach as a means of tackling social vices and was therefore, recommended that: there should be a collaboration with Government agencies and the Non-Governmental Organizations in curbing social vices.
