The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our planet in ways that could not have been foreseen. Yet even as the world has shifted, the “worlds” of our conceptual habitations have not, and this is particularly the case with regards to religious beliefs. It is from within this context that the present study seeks clarity. Beginning at the beginning, the paper sets out from a re-examination of the foundational creation myth of Western societies, and argues that a more careful reading of the actual presentation of that account, along with some situational explanations, results in an understanding of divinity that stresses neither omnipotence nor omniscience. The article then transitions to the importance of the notional in grounding and generating social behaviors, employing phenomenological and psychological research and analytical methods. Intuitions are seen to be central in the personally based methodology undertaken, and the conceptual–perceptional brace of the notion/event is offered as a theoretical construct. Finally, an attempt at application is made through a return to the earlier explication of a reduced idea of divinity, and subtle gestures at possibly resulting ethical calls are given. Although the virus has taken charge of our lives, and although even God/“God” might not be in absolute control, the “world” is yet ours to (re)make.

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充满神力：从大流行时期寻求关于神的新直觉

COVID-19大流行以无法预料的方式颠覆了我们的星球。然而，即使世界在变化，我们概念性居所的“世界”也没有，尤其是在宗教信仰方面。正是在这种背景下，本研究寻求明确性。从一开始，本文就从对西方社会基础创造神话的重新审视出发，并认为，更仔细地阅读该叙述的真实表述以及一些情况下的解释，会导致人们对神性的理解。既不强调万能，也不强调全知。然后，本文运用现象学和心理学的研究与分析方法，将概念转变为扎根和产生社会行为的重要性。直觉被认为是所采取的基于个人的方法的核心，概念/事件的概念-感知支撑是作为一种理论建构而提供的。最后，通过回到先前对神性的简化概念的解释，尝试进行应用，并给出了可能引起道德要求的微妙姿态。尽管病毒已经夺走了我们的生命，尽管即使上帝/“上帝”也可能不受绝对控制，但“世界”仍然是我们的（重新）创造。