Religion and Pandemic: Shifts of Interpretation, Popular Lore, and Practices : An Introduction

In this Introduction, the guest editors discuss the main themes of this special issue and relate them to the growing field of research on how the extraordinary social conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic affected the practices of religious individuals, groups, and institutions. As we suggest here, th...

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Published in:Entangled Religions
Authors: Agadžanjan, Aleksandr Sergeevič 1958- (Author) ; Siekierski, Konrad (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2022
In: Entangled Religions
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B COVID-19 (Disease) / Pandemic / Religious community / Reactionary politics / Religious practice
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BG World religions
FD Contextual theology
RC Liturgy
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Theology
B COVID-19 pandemic
B lockdowns and restrictions
B Islam
B Rituals
B Religion
B Jainism
B Christianity
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Summary:In this Introduction, the guest editors discuss the main themes of this special issue and relate them to the growing field of research on how the extraordinary social conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic affected the practices of religious individuals, groups, and institutions. As we suggest here, the pandemic revealed and catalysed important trends within religious traditions and also exacerbated the issues of specific religious identities as confronted against, or negotiated with, the dominant frame of secular state-controlled public health priorities, policies, and protocols.
ISSN:2363-6696
Contains:Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.46586/er.12.2021.9907