Religious Responses to Pandemics and Crises: Isolation, Survival, and #Covidchaos

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Sravana Borkataky-Varma Christian A. Eberhart

Religious Responses to Pandemics and Crises

Isolation, Survival, and #Covidchaos

Sravana Borkataky-Varma, Christian A. Eberhart, Marianne Bjelland Kartzow (University of Oslo, Norway)

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Routledge
04 August 2023

Religion & politics; Religion & science; Epidemiology & medical statistics

Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

Religious Responses to Pandemics and Crises explores various dimensions of the interrelations between the individual, community, and religion. With their global scope, the contributions to this volume represent reflections on the rich and multifaceted spectrum of human responses in a variety of different religions and cultures to the current SARS-2-COVID-19 pandemic and similar crises in the past.

The contributions are organized in three thematic parts focusing on strategies, rituals, and past and present responses to pandemics and crises. They reflect on the intersection of personal or communal responses and state-mandated policies relative to SARS-2-COVID-19 while outlining different strategies to cope with the pandemic crisis. Timely questions explored include:

How do individuals connect with or disconnect from religious and spiritual communities during times of personal and collective crises, including pandemics? How do religious practices such as rituals bridge individuals and communities? How do religious texts from past and present highlight and represent crises and pandemics?

Dynamic and multidisciplinary in its inquiry, this volume is an outstanding resource for scholars of religion, theology, anthropology, social sciences, ritual theory, sex and gender studies, and contemporary medical science.

Edited by: Sravana Borkataky-Varma, Christian A. Eberhart, Marianne Bjelland Kartzow (University of Oslo, Norway)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9781032281223
ISBN 10: 1032281227
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 04 August 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sravana Borkataky-Varma is an Instructional Assistant Professor at the University of Houston, Texas, and a Research Fellow at CSWR, Harvard University. Christian A. Eberhart is a Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Houston, Texas, USA. Marianne Bjelland Kartzow is a Professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway.