Jain Life Reimagined: An Examination of Jain Practice and Discourse during the Covid-19 Pandemic

This article analyzes the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the religious practices and the public discourse of Jains in the U.S.A. and India. On the institutional level, I show how Jain organizations made extensive efforts to connect digitally with their community members when collective, in-pers...

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Main Author: Maes, Claire R. (Author)
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2022
In: Entangled Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 12, Issue: 3
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / India / Jains / COVID-19 (Disease) / Reactionary politics / Digitalization
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
KBQ North America
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
RC Liturgy
TK Recent history
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Environmentalism
B scientization
B Jainism
B universalization
B scholarly religious activities
B Covid-19 Pandemic
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