Vaccine hesitancy and religiosity in a sample of university students in Venezuela.

The ongoing humanitarian crisis in Venezuela has made it difficult to satisfactorily manage the COVID-19 pandemic in that nation. A vaccination program has begun, but its pace has been slow, as compared to vaccination in other countries. One considerable obstacle faced by vaccination efforts in Venezuela is vaccine hesitancy. Differences across religious groups regarding vaccine hesitancy in Venezuela have not been sufficiently explored. The present study consists of a sample of 230 university students in Venezuela, assessing their intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Their responses are compared across religious affiliations, and correlated with three variables: belief in vaccine conspiracy theories, religiosity, and acceptance of the theory of evolution. Results come out showing that Protestants are the religious group most hesitant to get the COVID-19 vaccine, followed by Catholics and the non-religious. Results also show that vaccine hesitancy is correlated with vaccine conspiracy theories and acceptance of the theory of evolution, but not with religiosity itself.

Religiosos católicos e velhice LGBT: um estudo sobre as representações sociais / Catholic religious and old age LGBT: a study on Social Representations / Religiosos católicos y vejez LGBT: un estudio sobre representaciones sociales

O presente estudo visoua apreender e comparar as Representações Sociais de religiosos católicos face à velhice LGBT. Participaram da pesquisa 61 praticantes do catolicismo, a maioria comumtempo de mais de cinco anos de prática religiosa (96,7%). Com as análises realizadas,percebeu-se que tal população representaa velhice LGBT com concepçõesnegativas e estereotipadas;todavia, pôde-setambémnotara presença de um olhar compreensivoquanto ao público.

The present study aimed at apprehending and comparing the Social Representations of Catholic religious in the face of old age LGBT. Participants of the study were 61 practitioners of Catholicism, the majority with more than five years of religious practice (96,7%). With the analyzes made it was observed that the populationrepresents the old age LGBT with negative and stereotyped visions, but, it was also observed a presence of a understandable view to the public.

El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo aprehender y comparar las representaciones sociales de las personas religiosas católicas frente a la vejez LGBT. 61 practicantes del catolicismo participaron en la investigación, la mayoría con más de cinco años de práctica religiosa (96.7%). Con los análisis realizados, se dio cuenta de que esta población representa la vejez LGBT con concepciones negativas y estereotipadas; sin embargo, también fue posible notar la presencia de una mirada integral al público.

Cultural Diversity and Spiritual/Religious Health Care of Patients with Cancer at the Dominican Republic.

OBJECTIVE: Noncommunicable diseases have become a global pandemic with disproportionately higher rates in low-and middle-income countries. Dominican Republic (DR) as a Latin Americans and Spanish-speaking Caribbean developing country shares a socioculturally distinctive spiritual and religious pattern. It underlines their attitudes, values, and belief systems, socioeconomic reality, and racial attitudes. Social sciences and religious studies suggest that a relationship between spirituality, religion, health-care services (Sp/Re-HCS), and cultural diversity exists. This article argues in favor of a descriptive historical analysis of that relationship. METHODS: Systematic search of academic articles, abstracts, and conclusions published in Medline, EBSCO, PsycINFO (OVID), ATLA Religion Database, and Google Scholar was undertaken using a combination of English and Spanish relevant terms. The analysis of articles was examined through a historical background approach, a systematic review, and a content analysis. RESULTS: A Roman Catholic organization, Voluntariado Jesús con los Niños Foundation, serves to cancer patients that have almost no financial protection. The Dominican Evangelical Church (DEC) founded in 1932 a medical service base at the International Hospital in Santo Domingo (IHSD). When the DR government developed medical services, the DEC closed the IHSD. Since then, there is no any DR Evangelical or Protestant organization that offers Sp/Re-HCS to cancer patients (S/R-HCSCP). CONCLUSIONS: This analysis suggests that a relationship between S/R-HCS and cultural diversity exists. In this sociohistorical analysis, the nonhomogeneous cultural distinctiveness of the Sp/Re-HCS has been demonstrated through the analytical description of the only one organization of S/R-HCSCP at DR.

NÃO APENAS EM NOME DE DEUS: DISCURSOS RELIGIOSOS SOBRE HOMOSSEXUALIDADE / NO SOLO EN EL NOMBRE DE DIOS: DISCURSOS RELIGIOSOS SOBRE LA HOMOSEXUALIDAD / NOT JUST IN THE NAME OF GOD: RELIGIOUS DISCOURSES ON HOMOSEXUALITY

Resumo A homossexualidade tem sido pauta de diversos discursos religiosos nos últimos anos, sobretudo cristãos, transpondo as arenas religiosas e penetrando em espaços políticos e do direito. O presente artigo pretende, por meio da análise de vídeos de indivíduos que ocupam posições de porta-vozes das religiões católica e evangélica pentecostal e neopentecostal, analisar e problematizar as concepções de homossexualidade dos/as cristãos/ãs, utilizando para tal a Análise do Discurso Foucaultiana como referencial metodológico. Foi verificado um difuso arsenal de discursos acerca da homossexualidade, englobando saberes religiosos, "científicos", entre outros.(AU)

Resumen La homosexualidad ha sido la agenda de varios discursos religiosos en los últimos años, especialmente en los discursos cristianos, a través de espacios religiosos y ingresando en los espacios políticos y de la ley. Este artículo pretende, mediante el análisis de videos de personas que se presentan como portavoces de las religiones católica y evangélica pentecostal y neo pentecostal, analizar y discutir los conceptos de homosexualidad presentes en estos discursos, mediante el análisis del discurso desde la perspectiva de Michel Foucault.(AU)

Abstract Homosexuality has been the agenda of several religious discourses in recent years, especially Christians, crossing beyond religious arenas and penetrating political and law field. This article aims, through the analysis of videos of individuals in positions of spokesmen of religions Catholic and Evangelical pentecostal and neo-pentecostal, to analyse and discuss the concepts of homosexuality made by Christians, using Foucault Discourse Analysis as a methodological framework. A diffuse arsenal of discourses about homosexuality was verified, covering "scientific" and religious knowledge, among others.(AU)

Não apenas em nome de deus: discursos religiosos sobre homossexualidade / No solo en el nombre de dios: discursos religiosos sobre la homosexualidad / Not just in the name of god: religious discourses on homosexuality

A homossexualidade tem sido pauta de diversos discursos religiosos nos últimos anos, sobretudo cristãos, transpondo as arenas religiosas e penetrando em espaços políticos e do direito. O presente artigo pretende, por meio da análise de vídeos de indivíduos que ocupam posições de porta-vozes das religiões católica e evangélica pentecostal e neopentecostal, analisar e problematizar as concepções de homossexualidade dos/as cristãos/ãs, utilizando para tal a Análise do Discurso Foucaultiana como referencial metodológico. Foi verificado um difuso arsenal de discursos acerca da homossexualidade, englobando saberes religiosos, "científicos", entre outros.

La homosexualidad ha sido la agenda de varios discursos religiosos en los últimos años, especialmente en los discursos cristianos, a través de espacios religiosos y ingresando en los espacios políticos y de la ley. Este artículo pretende, mediante el análisis de videos de personas que se presentan como portavoces de las religiones católica y evangélica pentecostal y neo pentecostal, analizar y discutir los conceptos de homosexualidad presentes en estos discursos, mediante el análisis del discurso desde la perspectiva de Michel Foucault.

Homosexuality has been the agenda of several religious discourses in recent years, especially Christians, crossing beyond religious arenas and penetrating political and law field. This article aims, through the analysis of videos of individuals in positions of spokesmen of religions Catholic and Evangelical pentecostal and neo-pentecostal, to analyse and discuss the concepts of homosexuality made by Christians, using Foucault Discourse Analysis as a methodological framework. A diffuse arsenal of discourses about homosexuality was verified, covering "scientific" and religious knowledge, among others.