Looking for spirituality in the context of a pandemic in the province of Quebec, Canada

Abstract

When the international pandemic of Covid-19 stroke in the Province of Quebec (Canada), two columnists rose a debate about the necessity of spirituality in such a context. The question is addressed from a short observation of the political and existential experience of a very secular society facing an unprecedented crisis. Spirituality then needs to be redefined and epistemologies must be reconsidered. While collectivities (or authorities) cannot impose spiritual meaning, individuals alone are insufficient to reach the spiritual. A “third term” needs to be considered transcending the opacity of reality through the ordinary of daily life.