Have Attitudes Towards Religiousness Shifted Due Covid 19 Outbreak? Evidence From Moslem Generations in Makassar-Indonesia

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 developmentof 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. Similarly, other religious symbols such as tarawih prayer and Eid al-Fitr prayer can no longer be performed as usual. Some worships or rituals usually carried out in public spaces become private, and eventually, religious symbols become unreal. In the future, we hope that the world will recover from the virus pandemic of covid 19 and the religious people, especially the Muslim generation, can carry out their worship peacefully