Faith-Based Response to COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Pastoral Response to Mitigation and Suppression
This research discusses the communication strategies adopted by two parish-based COVID-19 task forces in a US Catholic diocese in order to keep their parishioners safe. Through an ethnographic study, the research shows how these faith-based religious leaders developed the mitigation and suppression...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2024, Issue: 3, Pages: 21-38 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Infection
/ Protection magic
/ Parish
/ Communication strategy
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| RelBib Classification: | NCH Medical ethics RB Church office; congregation RG Pastoral care ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Church membership
B Covid-19 Pandemic B Dioceses |
| Summary: | This research discusses the communication strategies adopted by two parish-based COVID-19 task forces in a US Catholic diocese in order to keep their parishioners safe. Through an ethnographic study, the research shows how these faith-based religious leaders developed the mitigation and suppression measures against COVID-19 for their parishioners between March 2020-March 2021 during and after the lockdown period. The research reports on the social marketing tools adopted by these task forces. Through a reflective analysis on the themes discovered through interviews with these faith-based leaders, the research demonstrates how faith-based actors can effectively play an important role in health education during an outbreak of a highly contagious novel infection like the COVID-19 virus. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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