Mystery, chaos and anxiety in the era of COVID-19 pandemic virus in Nigeria

Enoch Olujide Gbadegesin

doi:10.59400/ephr.v1i1.1526

Enoch Olujide Gbadegesin Department of Religious Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State 220005, Nigeria

Article ID: 1526

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.59400/ephr.v1i1.1526

Keywords: COVID-19; pandemonium tremendum; disease; omnipresent virus; Nigeria

Abstract

This paper argues that the modern world is living in a period of chaos, anxiety, and tremor, which could be regarded as an era of pandemonium tremendum, a term that fits appropriately to describe the deadly, omnipresent, and omnipotent virus that has continued to wreak havoc from the global north to the global south. This paper uses socio-ethical and content analytical methods of inquiry to identify the immediate cause and incidence of COVID-19 since its eruption in December 2019; examine the adverse effects of this deadly virus on the private and public, sacred and secular spheres; analyze all manners of both sacred and secular responses and efforts geared towards the containment of the deadly virus by the different nations of the world and Nigeria in particular since its upsurge; and evaluate the success rates so far recorded by the Nigerian government.

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