Religião e religiosidade da juventude universitária da UFRPE, Campus Dois Irmãos, Recife/PE, em tempos pandêmicos.

Abstract

This research aims to understand how the university youth of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco / Campus Dois Irmãos, experienced religion and religiosity as a support, to face the pandemic crisis. The theoretical references used are based on research by Regina Novaes, Jorge Cláudio Ribeiro, Camurça, Groppo, Silva and others, who have contributed to reflections and analyzes about youth, its relationships with religion. The field research was carried out at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco / Campus SEDE, with young people of different ages, genders and undergraduate courses and different semesters. To carry out this study, a qualitative approach was used, the ethnographic method, in addition to participant observation techniques and semi-structured interviews. Through field research, it was possible to verify that religion and religiosity were used as support by these young people, to face the pandemic crisis.