HAVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS RELIGIOUSNESS SHIFTED DUE COVID 19 OUTBREAK? EVIDENCE FROM MOSLEM GENERATIONS IN MAKASSAR-INDONESIA

Abstract

Shifts in religious character and behavior come to pass among religious adherents in each
period. For example, something once considered sacred turned into a profane or something
taboo to transgress now permitted. The shift was triggered by the development of interpretation
and social conditions in a religious community. This research elaborates on the religious shift
among the Muslim generation, especially in Makassar, Indonesia, during the outbreak of
Covid- 19. This research includes qualitative research. Data were collected by structured and
unstructured interviews of 21 Muslim generations in Makassar City. The Muslim generation
as the driving force for every change in the social environment was the main subject of this
research. The phenomenon of the shift of religious character and behavior occurred when the
virus of covid-19 is contagious over a whole country of the world. The shift is visible from the
implementation of worship that was formerly carried out in places of worship (mosques for
Moslems), and it must now be performed at home because the mosques are closed to avoid
transmission of the virus.