Religions in action: the role of interreligious dialogue in the COVID-19 pandemic

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Recent correspondence letters to the editor of this journal pointed on the praxis of faith in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. The #ChurchinAction presents the role of religious interventions in times of COVID-19. However, a question is raised: how to promote interreligious dialogue in the context of COVID-19 pandemic? To address this question, people of different faiths/religions should come together in promoting the life and dignity of the human person, a sense of community, and participation, respecting the rights and responsibilities of each person, helping the poor and vulnerable sectors of the society, respecting the dignity of work and the rights of the workers, solidarity and caring for the whole creation. In this perspective, interreligious dialogue highlighted the importance of world religions in order to provide a spiritual intervention. The dialogue of life, dialogue of action, dialogue of theological exchange, and dialogue of religious experiences promote interreligious dialogue in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.

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ChurchInAction: the role of religious interventions in times of COVID-19

Fides A del Castillo, Hazel T. Biana, Jeremiah Joaquin (2020)

Abstract In a recently published letter to the editor of this journal, the authors have called for the need to establish psychological support structures that cater to people’s mental health in this time of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. To be more holistic, we extend this call to include people’s spiritual well-being as well. We highlight the initiatives of the Philippines’ religious sector. In particular, we report some of the interventions made by the Roman Catholic Church that have led to the social media hashtag, #ChurchInAction. These religious and spiritual interventions showcase the efforts of the Philippine Church and play an important role in providing assistance in time of public health crisis.

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The role of spirituality in the COVID-19 pandemic: a spiritual hotline project

Marcus Ribeiro, Rodolfo Damiano, Ricardo Alves Marujo … (2020)

Abstract Recent correspondence letters to the editor of this journal pointed out to the need of implementing psychological support during the pandemic and post-pandemic period to both general and frontline workers. Especially, they highlighted the importance of religious/spiritual interventions in order to provide an integral and holistic care. In this perspective, an important consequence of the social isolation is the closure of churches and the suspension of religious meetings in order to avoid agglomeration and contagion. However, although this is a very important approach in terms of public health, a question is raised: how to promote spiritual care and help spiritual/religious individuals to cope with their problems while maintaining compliance with social isolation? To address this question, we report the Spiritual Hotline Project, a project designed by many Brazilian healthcare workers intended to give spiritual and religious assistance to people with different cultural background. So far, the hotline was able to assist people from different parts of the world, including Brazil and Portugal as well as with different religious affiliation, in order to provide a spiritual comfort and care during this public health crisis.

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Jeff Clyde G Corpuz:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4866

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): J Public Health (Oxf)

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Public Health (Oxf)

Journal ID (publisher-id): pubmed

Title: Journal of Public Health (Oxford, England)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISSN (Print): 1741-3842

ISSN (Electronic): 1741-3850

Publication date (Electronic): 02 September 2020

Electronic Location Identifier: fdaa149

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Department of Theology and Religious Education , De La Salle University 2401 Taft Avenue , Malate, Manila, 0922 Philippines

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Address correspondence to Jeff Clyde G. Corpuz, E-mail: jeff.corpuz@ 123456dlsu.edu.ph

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Jeff Clyde G Corpuz http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1517-4866

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Publisher ID: fdaa149

DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa149

PMC ID: 7499661

SO-VID: e386f618-9bcf-40d8-a8be-8efada2b3017

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Date received : 4 August 2020

Date revision received : 4 August 2020

Date accepted : 6 August 2020

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Pages: 2

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Keywords: covid-19,religion,interreligious dialogue,spirituality

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