RELIGION OF OUR TIME AND CLAIM TO DIVINE PRESENCE: A PHILOSOPHICAL PURSUIT OF HER SILENCE IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Résumé

This study sets out to investigate the myths and realities in the claim of the religions of our time to operate under the influence of divine over the years, alongside their actions and inactions in the Covid-19 pandemic. Some religions are revered and relied on for spiritual food as well as the growth of their practitioners. The leaders of these religions owe their followers moral obligation of telling them the truth of what happened to their claim to divine presence and influence now that they have lost their spiritual senses and voices concerning Covid-19. The objective of this study is to ask these religions and their leaders some philosophical questions concerning the presence of divine and its influence in the religions of our time. The area of study is on the religions’ silence and their inability to tap from the divine she claims to have in order to unmask the mystery of Covid-19. The data for the study are sourced through observation, library as well as internet, using psychological theory for its analysis. At the end of the study the findings revealed as follows: The claim of the religious leaders of our generation to operate under the spiritual influence is questionable. They have opened doors for the political power to lord over the spiritual power. The silence of religious leaders concerning Covid-19 left some doubts in the hearts of their followers which led many away from their source faith. The true religious leaders have to develop new skill and spend more money in using modern technologies to propagate their faith to the distant audience on radio, on television and in zoom. The study would be of great value to the public, mostly to the students and researchers interested in the actions and inactions of the religious leaders of our time, irrespective of their claim to be the spiritual vessels during Covid-19 pandemic.