Table 2.
Themes, interview segments, paragraphs and codes
| Theme | Interview segment | Paragraph | Main supercodes and subcodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coping | Part 1 | 3.1 | |
| 3.1 Coping with the disease: personal situations | (1) DEALING WITH SUFFERING | ||
| (2) GOD REPRESENTATIONS | |||
| - God is above all things (11 refs) | |||
| - God has a means with everything (8 refs) | |||
| (3) MEANING MAKING (1. Initial feelings) | |||
| (7) THEMES | |||
| - repentance of sin (9 refs) | |||
| - everything to God’s honour (5 refs) | |||
| Meaning making | Part 2 & 3 | 3.2 | |
| 3.2.1a The cause of the pandemic: concrete causes | (3) MEANING MAKING (2. Feelings in hindsight) | ||
| (4) THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS | |||
| - eschatological (8 refs) | |||
| - ecological (5 refs) | |||
| 3.2.1b General causes (malleability) | (3) MEANING MAKING (2. Feelings in hindsight) | ||
| (7) THEMES | |||
| - malleability (10 refs) | |||
| 3.2.2. What it has to say to us: a call and a punishment | (4) THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS | ||
| - calling (7 refs) | |||
| - call to repentance (7 refs) | |||
| - punishment (4 refs) | |||
| 3.2.3 How people respond | (5) ATTITUDES TOWARDS GOD | ||
| Resilience | Part 1, 2 & 3 | 3.3 | |
| 3.3.1 Community | (6) CHURCH COMMUNITY | ||
| - together-feeling is important (17 refs) | |||
| - missed going to church (8 refs) | |||
| 3.3.2 Anger and scepticism towards government | (7) THEMES: | ||
| - sceptic towards government (9 refs) | |||
| - angry towards government (4 refs) | |||
| 3.3.3 The future of the church | (7) THEMES: | ||
| e.g. oppression of the church/moral decay (8 refs) |