Significant religious practices for renewing faith and hope in ordinary and pandemic times

Abstract

With regard to practices aimed at health, there is a constant influence of religious aspects, whether in the cure or treatment of illnesses. In this understanding, nowadays, religion has a serious challenge, because with the emergence of a new pandemic, they put into practice all the faith actions of the faithful, as well as the agreement of their practices with the observations and rules imposed by health agencies public. This article is a literature review on religiosity in a pandemic period. Historical aspects, concepts about the new Coronavirus epidemic in Brazil and in the world will be addressed; listing dialogues that provide the redoubling of faith to fight the pandemic on a spiritual level; emphasizing the media approach can help believers get closer to religiosity and maintain their health. In conclusion, it is possible to see that having faith and hope are synonymous with actions so that human beings can have religiosity and spirituality, face and overcome challenges that are posed, renewing faith, coping with disease, achieving improvements in quality of life.