Religion and Covid-19 in the era of post-truth: the case of Indonesia
Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has become global pandemic, which affects all countries in the world including Indonesia. The mitigation of covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia cannot neglect the role of religion, since religion constitutes the main identity of most people. Hence, religion becomes va...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16347/1/IJIT-Vol-18-Dec-2020_1_1-12.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/16347/ http://www.ukm.my/ijit/volume-18-dec-2020/ |
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| Summary: | Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has become global pandemic, which affects all
countries in the world including Indonesia. The mitigation of covid-19 pandemic in
Indonesia cannot neglect the role of religion, since religion constitutes the main
identity of most people. Hence, religion becomes value reference and ‘system of
knowing’, including in addressing the covid-19 pandemic. By employing
comparative and content analysis, it is hoped that this paper will constitute a
significant contribution in unravelling the complex role of religion in dealing with
covid-19 pandemic, most particularly in the context of post-truth. There are three
concerns of this paper. First, it examines the challenges of religious conservatism
towards covid-19 mitigation among Indonesian Muslims, most particularly in the
context of post-truth which in some ways intensifies the emergence of
conservativism in the public space. Second, it explores the possibility of ‘new
spirituality’ which is pertinent for the mitigation of Covid-19. Third, it explores the
contribution of Indonesian Muslim knowledge culture to the fight against covid-19. |
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