Has Religion Surged During COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Uploaded 20-04-20

Interview with Dr. Joseph Henrich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_M2odFfxno
War Makes Us More Religious video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVKRAMupaUA

In March 2020, Google searches for "prayer" surged to its highest level in 5 years. Presumably, more and more people are searching for answers about prayer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Does this indicate a surge in religiosity as well?

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Bibliography:
K.I. Pargament, "The psychology of religion and coping: Theory, research, practice," Guilford Press, 2001.

Ano and Vasconcelles, 2005, “Religious coping and psychological adjustment to stress: A meta-analysis,” Journal of clinical psychology, 2005, 61 (4), 461-480

Joseph Henrich et. al. “War Increases Religiosity,” https://henrich.fas.harvard.edu/files/henrich/files/henrich_et_al-2019-nature_human_behaviour.pdf
Sinding Bentzen research on natural disasters and religiosity: https://academic.oup.com/ej/article-abstract/129/622/2295/5490325?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Saudi Government Bans Prayers: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/03/saudi-arabia-bans-prayers-holy-mosques-coronavirus-fears-200320063001931.html

Haaretz article on the sanitation of the Western Wall: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/with-hazmat-suits-collecting-letters-to-god-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-1.8728568

Study by Dr. Jeanet Sinding Bentzen: https://twitter.com/JeanetBentzen/status/1244609464239624192
Sociologist Dr. Landon Schnabel’s response: https://twitter.com/LandonSchnabel/status/1245276267445751808

Social Distancing Photograph 1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2630Social_distancing_and_panic_buying_30.jpg

Social Distancing Photograph 2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Social_distancing_sign_at_TJs.jpg

Social Distancing Photograph 3: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Social_distancing_during_COVID-19_pandemic,_Haslemere_02.jpg



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