Item
“So far it hasn't really had any affect."
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Title (Dublin Core)
“So far it hasn't really had any affect."
Religion 101 Oral History #28, 2020/04
Disclaimer (Dublin Core)
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Description (Dublin Core)
“So far it hasn't really had any affect. If anything, it's just made connection stronger with Jehovah. I find myself talking to him and praying to him more often than I usually would. So, so far it's just been positive changes in regards to me and my religious beliefs and practicing them and putting them into practice.”
Recording Date (Dublin Core)
April 1, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Angie
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Tom Beazley
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
REL101
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
Oral History
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Religion
English
Community & Community Organizations
English
Social Distance
English
Community Service
English
Public Health & Hospitals
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Jehovah's Witness
mask
prayer
practice
positive
Zoom
service
donation
hospital
Collection (Dublin Core)
Religion
Curatorial Notes (Dublin Core)
Curated by Contributor. Interviews were conducted on an unknown date in Spring of 2020. 04/01/2020 chosen as an arbitrary date. Verbal Permission Omitted in Public File but Original File and Student Creator's Name Kept Private. 07/15/2020. Tom Beazley.
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
05/12/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
07/15/2020
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06/29/2022
06/15/2023
Language (Dublin Core)
English
Duration (Omeka Classic)
00h:01m:59s
abstract (Bibliographic Ontology)
Angie discusses how COVID-19 has affected her faith and beliefs. They also discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected how their religious community interactions and what community service activated they are engaged in to help those affected by COVID-19.
Transcription (Omeka Classic)
Interviewer 00:00
First question is how has COVID-19 affected your faith or beliefs?
Angie 00:06
So far it hasn't really had any affect. If anything has just made connection stronger with Jehovah, I find myself talking to him and praying to Him more often than I usually would. So, so far it's just been like positive changes in regards to me and my religious beliefs and practicing them and putting them into practice.
Interviewer 00:28
Ok. Is your religious community still gathering currently?
Angie 00:36
Yes, but we don't go to other in person, we’ve been doing Zoom meetings. And if we are not able to attend our elders, they send us a recording of the meeting.
Interviewer 00:49
Okay. How has COVID-19 affected your participation in your religious community?
Angie 00:56
Um, so far, we've been trying to help as much as we can by staying home, obviously, canceling all of our in-person meetings and turning to zoom. But we've also been, there's been instances where you gather as a congregation, obviously on zoom, and they try to teach us to make medical mass. And, yeah, so we can send that to our local hospital.
Interviewer 01:21
All right. Is your religious community supplying or engaged in any kind of community service and then attempt to help alleviate issues caused by the pandemic? If so, what are those efforts?
Angie 01:35
According to our elders, when this all began, as it got worse, he said that any donations that would originally go through the Jehovah's Witness congregation were going to be sent to many of our local hospitals to help them gather supplies such as hand sanitizers, face masks, anything they need.
Interviewer 01:54
Okay. All right. Thank you for your time, Angie.
First question is how has COVID-19 affected your faith or beliefs?
Angie 00:06
So far it hasn't really had any affect. If anything has just made connection stronger with Jehovah, I find myself talking to him and praying to Him more often than I usually would. So, so far it's just been like positive changes in regards to me and my religious beliefs and practicing them and putting them into practice.
Interviewer 00:28
Ok. Is your religious community still gathering currently?
Angie 00:36
Yes, but we don't go to other in person, we’ve been doing Zoom meetings. And if we are not able to attend our elders, they send us a recording of the meeting.
Interviewer 00:49
Okay. How has COVID-19 affected your participation in your religious community?
Angie 00:56
Um, so far, we've been trying to help as much as we can by staying home, obviously, canceling all of our in-person meetings and turning to zoom. But we've also been, there's been instances where you gather as a congregation, obviously on zoom, and they try to teach us to make medical mass. And, yeah, so we can send that to our local hospital.
Interviewer 01:21
All right. Is your religious community supplying or engaged in any kind of community service and then attempt to help alleviate issues caused by the pandemic? If so, what are those efforts?
Angie 01:35
According to our elders, when this all began, as it got worse, he said that any donations that would originally go through the Jehovah's Witness congregation were going to be sent to many of our local hospitals to help them gather supplies such as hand sanitizers, face masks, anything they need.
Interviewer 01:54
Okay. All right. Thank you for your time, Angie.
Accrual Method (Dublin Core)
4033