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The paper is aimed to analyze if religion plays a relevant role in health promotion and, thus, if it can be included in the interpretations on the positive role of religions in the public sphere. In this regard, Habermas refers to a crisis of meaning in secular societies that has been caused, among other reasons, by individualistic and selfish lifestyles that fail to encourage a moral action when it goes beyond the law. In contrast, it seems that the strong social ties of religious communities foster solidarity and altruistic attitudes, which could be interpreted as a sign of greater social cohesion;but is it really like that? Pandemic and its consequences help to assess whether the religious element (analyzed as belief, belonging, bonding and behavior) has created positive attitudes in the face of the health challenges (i.e., compliance with rules of social distance, vaccination) or, on the contrary, the motivational deficits of some societies have to do with other factors not related to the religious/secular dichotomy.
ABSTRACT
One of the main needs of human beings is communication, however, due to the current situation (COVID-19 pandemic) this has been undermined in different areas, particularly in the educational area. In this article we propose an autonomous communication prototype. We highlight the possibility of taking advantage of two benefits: routing (by facilitating communication between devices), use of a Content Management System - CMS - (improving student/academic communication) using solar energy as a power source. The hardware and software used in the design and configuration of the prototype is described. Some tests are described, as well as the autonomy of the device and a cost estimate. Finally, some future work is described, this development being the start of a series of projects.