Accordance and conflict between religious and scientific precautions against COVID-19 in 27 societies

• Main Authors: SAMORE, T., FESSLER, D.M.T., SPARKS, A.M., HOLBROOK, C., AARØE, L., BAEZA, C.G., BARBATO, M.T., BARCLAY, P., BERNIŪNAS, R., CONTRERAS-GARDUÑO, J., COSTA-NEVES, B., GRAZIOSO, M.P., ELMAS, P., FEDOR, P., LI, Norman P., FERNÁNDEZ-MORALES, R., GARCIA-MARQUES, L., GIRALDO-PEREZ, P., GUL, P., HABACHT, F.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: COVID-19; religion and science; pathogen avoidance; cross-cultural traditionalism; Applied Behavior Analysis; Public Health; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4141; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5400/viewcontent/AccordanceConflictReligious_Sc_precautions_COVID_19_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Meaning-making systems underlie perceptions of the efficacy of threat-mitigating behaviors. Religion and science both offer threat mitigation, yet these meaning-making systems are often considered incompatible. Do such epistemological conflicts swamp the desire to employ diverse precautions against...