Corona Disease and Religiosity: Explained on the Basis of the Statements of Religiously Minded Muslim Patients from the Turkish Province of Erzurum

Mizrap Polat; Adem Urhan

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Corona Disease and Religiosity: Explained on the Basis of the Statements of Religiously Minded Muslim Patients from the Turkish Province of Erzurum

Yazarlar:

Mizrap Polat | Adem Urhan

Yayıncı:

Ataturk University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dünya Dilleri | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü (Diğer)

Dergi:

Doğu Esintileri Vol.1 Issue 20, pp.16-24

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313891

pISSN:

2148-290X

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 The main question of this paper can be formulated as follows: What faith-related feelings and thoughts did Corona disease evoke in the affected people who claimed to be believers? In this qualitative study, the 14 people infected with Corona virus served as a working group sample. All these individuals who described themselves as believers were from the eastern Anatolian province of Erzurum. The inhabitants of this province are considered more religious than the inhabitants of the provinces on the Maramara, Ege and Mediterranean coasts of Turkey. Twelve individuals from the subjects are male and 2 are female; they are 20-60 years old. We took semi-determined individual interview by telephone as data collection tool in this scientific research. The last 3-year period has been a turning point in which the corona pandemic has had a comprehensive impact on individual and community life. Under pandemic conditions, the digitalization of life has gained momentum and this situation has established itself as a new dimension of social life. The values of solidarity, compassion, family, friendship and security gained new intensity and importance in pandemic time. Health security moved to the highest place in the hierarchy of values. In particular, social isolation and fear of getting sick and dying hit the elderly and chronically ill even harder. In this emergency situation, people affected by the illness thought about life and faith in a new consciousness and tried to perceive and understand suffering, life and death again in the light of their faith. Moreover, one observes a kind of reflexive introspection and self-examination among the believers who experienced and survived this illness. Without exception, all interview partners indicated that they exhausted resilience from their faith and acts of worship.

 The main question of this paper can be formulated as follows: What faith-related feelings and thoughts did Corona disease evoke in the affected people who claimed to be believers? In this qualitative study, the 14 people infected with Corona virus served as a working group sample. All these individuals who described themselves as believers were from the eastern Anatolian province of Erzurum. The inhabitants of this province are considered more religious than the inhabitants of the provinces on the Maramara, Ege and Mediterranean coasts of Turkey. Twelve individuals from the subjects are male and 2 are female; they are 20-60 years old. We took semi-determined individual interview by telephone as data collection tool in this scientific research. The last 3-year period has been a turning point in which the corona pandemic has had a comprehensive impact on individual and community life. Under pandemic conditions, the digitalization of life has gained momentum and this situation has established itself as a new dimension of social life. The values of solidarity, compassion, family, friendship and security gained new intensity and importance in pandemic time. Health security moved to the highest place in the hierarchy of values. In particular, social isolation and fear of getting sick and dying hit the elderly and chronically ill even harder. In this emergency situation, people affected by the illness thought about life and faith in a new consciousness and tried to perceive and understand suffering, life and death again in the light of their faith. Moreover, one observes a kind of reflexive introspection and self-examination among the believers who experienced and survived this illness. Without exception, all interview partners indicated that they exhausted resilience from their faith and acts of worship.

 The main question of this paper can be formulated as follows: What faith-related feelings and thoughts did Corona disease evoke in the affected people who claimed to be believers? In this qualitative study, the 14 people infected with Corona virus served as a working group sample. All these individuals who described themselves as believers were from the eastern Anatolian province of Erzurum. The inhabitants of this province are considered more religious than the inhabitants of the provinces on the Maramara, Ege and Mediterranean coasts of Turkey. Twelve individuals from the subjects are male and 2 are female; they are 20-60 years old. We took semi-determined individual interview by telephone as data collection tool in this scientific research. The last 3-year period has been a turning point in which the corona pandemic has had a comprehensive impact on individual and community life. Under pandemic conditions, the digitalization of life has gained momentum and this situation has established itself as a new dimension of social life. The values of solidarity, compassion, family, friendship and security gained new intensity and importance in pandemic time. Health security moved to the highest place in the hierarchy of values. In particular, social isolation and fear of getting sick and dying hit the elderly and chronically ill even harder. In this emergency situation, people affected by the illness thought about life and faith in a new consciousness and tried to perceive and understand suffering, life and death again in the light of their faith. Moreover, one observes a kind of reflexive introspection and self-examination among the believers who experienced and survived this illness. Without exception, all interview partners indicated that they exhausted resilience from their faith and acts of worship.

 Bu çalışmanın hedefini ifade eden ana araştırma sorusu şudur: Korona hastalığı, bu hastalığa yakalanan ve dindar olduklarını iddia eden kişilerde inançla ilgili hangi duygu ve düşünceleri uyandırdı? Bu nitel çalışmada, Corona hastalığını atlatan 14 kişi araştırma grubunu örneklemi oluşturmuştur. Kendilerini inançlı olarak tanımlayan bu kişilerin tamamı Doğu Anadoludaki Erzurum ilindendir. Bu ilin nüfusunun Türkiyenin Maramara, Ege ve Akdeniz kıyı şeridindeki illere göre daha dindar olduğu düşünülmektedir. Araştırmaya örneklem olarak katılanların 12si erkek ve 2si kadın olup, kendileri 20-60 yaş arasındadırlar. Maalesef kadın hastalar görüşmeyi kabul hususunda oldukça çekingen davranmış, bu durum ise en çok erkek hastalar ile görüşme durumunu ortaya çıkarmıştır. Bu bilimsel araştırmada veri toplama aracı olarak telefonla yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Korona pandemisinin bireysel ve toplumsal yaşam üzerinde kapsamlı bir etkiye sahip olduğu son 3 yıllık dönem bir dönüm noktası niteliği kazanmıştır. Pandemi koşulları altında yaşamın dijitalleşmesi ivme kazanmış ve bu durum kendini sosyal yaşamın yeni bir boyutu olarak iyiden iyiye kabul ettirmiştir. Dayanışma, merhamet, aile, arkadaşlık ve güvenlik değerleri pandemi döneminde yeni bir yoğunluk ve önem kazandı. Sağlık güvenliği, değerler hiyerarşisinde en üst sıraya yükseldi. Özellikle sosyal izolasyon, hastalanma ve ölüm korkusu yaşlıları ve kronik hastaları daha da fazla etkiledi. Pandeminin getirdiği olağanüstü durum, hastalıktan etkilenen insanları yaşam ve inanç hakkında yeni bir bilinçle düşünmeye; acı, yaşam ve ölüm gibi olguları inançlarının ışığında yeniden algılamaya ve anlamaya yönlendirdi. Dahası, bu hastalığı yaşayan ve atlatan inananlar arasında yoğun olarak kendini gözlemleme ve muhakeme etme durumu ortaya çıktı. Bu araştırma çerçevesinde mülakata katılan şahısların tümü hastalıkları süresince inançlarından ve ibadetlerinden güç aldıklarını belirtmişlerdir.

Makale detayları

Corona Disease and Religiosity: Explained on the Basis of the Statements of Religiously Minded Muslim Patients from the Turkish Province of Erzurum

Yazarlar:

Mizrap Polat | Adem Urhan

Yayıncı:

Ataturk University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dünya Dilleri | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü (Diğer)

Dergi:

Doğu Esintileri Vol.1 Issue 20, pp.16-24

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313891

pISSN:

2148-290X

Religiosity

Corona Pandemic

Religious Resilience

Social SolidarityDindarlık

Corona Pandemisi

Dini Başa Çıkma

Sosyal Dayanışma

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Mizrap Polat | Adem Urhan

Yayıncı: Ataturk University

Ana Başlıklar: Dünya Dilleri | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü (Diğer)

Dergi: Doğu Esintileri Vol.1 Issue 20, pp.16-24

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2024

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001313891

pISSN: 2148-290X

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Mizrap Polat | Adem Urhan

Yayıncı:

Ataturk University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dünya Dilleri | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü (Diğer)

Dergi:

Doğu Esintileri Vol.1 Issue 20, pp.16-24

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001313891

pISSN:

2148-290X