Enervating the Divine: Seeking New Intuitions about God from a Time of Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our planet in ways that could not have been foreseen. Yet even as the world has shifted, the “worlds” of our conceptual habitations have not, and this is particularly the case with regards to religious beliefs. It is from within this context that the present study s...

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Autor principal:	Oberg Andrew
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	behavior corona virus/covid-19 creation myth intuition notion/event religion weak theology Religion (General) BL1-50
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/3871e29e6349452d94c10e257b1ea7f8
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3871e29e6349452d94c10e257b1ea7f82021-12-05T14:11:01ZEnervating the Divine: Seeking New Intuitions about God from a Time of Pandemic2300-657910.1515/opth-2020-0149https://doaj.org/article/3871e29e6349452d94c10e257b1ea7f82021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2020-0149https://doaj.org/toc/2300-6579The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our planet in ways that could not have been foreseen. Yet even as the world has shifted, the “worlds” of our conceptual habitations have not, and this is particularly the case with regards to religious beliefs. It is from within this context that the present study seeks clarity. Beginning at the beginning, the paper sets out from a re-examination of the foundational creation myth of Western societies, and argues that a more careful reading of the actual presentation of that account, along with some situational explanations, results in an understanding of divinity that stresses neither omnipotence nor omniscience. The article then transitions to the importance of the notional in grounding and generating social behaviors, employing phenomenological and psychological research and analytical methods. Intuitions are seen to be central in the personally based methodology undertaken, and the conceptual–perceptional brace of the notion/event is offered as a theoretical construct. Finally, an attempt at application is made through a return to the earlier explication of a reduced idea of divinity, and subtle gestures at possibly resulting ethical calls are given. Although the virus has taken charge of our lives, and although even God/“God” might not be in absolute control, the “world” is yet ours to (re)make.Oberg AndrewDe Gruyterarticlebehaviorcorona virus/covid-19creation mythintuitionnotion/eventreligionweak theologyReligion (General)BL1-50ENOpen Theology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 140-149 (2021)
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description	The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our planet in ways that could not have been foreseen. Yet even as the world has shifted, the “worlds” of our conceptual habitations have not, and this is particularly the case with regards to religious beliefs. It is from within this context that the present study seeks clarity. Beginning at the beginning, the paper sets out from a re-examination of the foundational creation myth of Western societies, and argues that a more careful reading of the actual presentation of that account, along with some situational explanations, results in an understanding of divinity that stresses neither omnipotence nor omniscience. The article then transitions to the importance of the notional in grounding and generating social behaviors, employing phenomenological and psychological research and analytical methods. Intuitions are seen to be central in the personally based methodology undertaken, and the conceptual–perceptional brace of the notion/event is offered as a theoretical construct. Finally, an attempt at application is made through a return to the earlier explication of a reduced idea of divinity, and subtle gestures at possibly resulting ethical calls are given. Although the virus has taken charge of our lives, and although even God/“God” might not be in absolute control, the “world” is yet ours to (re)make.
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title	Enervating the Divine: Seeking New Intuitions about God from a Time of Pandemic
title_short	Enervating the Divine: Seeking New Intuitions about God from a Time of Pandemic
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Enervating the Divine: Seeking New Intuitions about God from a Time of Pandemic

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